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Evaluating Spanish Translations of Emergency Department Discharge Instructions by a Large Language Model: Tool Validation and Reliability Study.
| Title: | Evaluating Spanish Translations of Emergency Department Discharge Instructions by a Large Language Model: Tool Validation and Reliability Study. |
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| Authors: | Carreras Tartak JA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States., Brewster RC; Department of Pediatrics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States., Arango Isaza D; Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States., Berumen Martinez A; Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States., Grafals A; Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States., Adusumilli P; Department of Technology and Innovation, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Boston, MA, United States., Fitzgerald T; Department of Technology and Innovation, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Boston, MA, United States., Orcutt R; Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States., Nathanson LA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States., Haimovich AD; Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States. |
| Source: | JMIR formative research [JMIR Form Res] 2026 Jan 12; Vol. 10, pp. e79676. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jan 12. |
| Publication Type: | Evaluation Study; Journal Article; Validation Study |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: JMIR Publications Country of Publication: Canada NLM ID: 101726394 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2561-326X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 2561326X NLM ISO Abbreviation: JMIR Form Res Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: Toronto, ON, Canada : JMIR Publications, [2017]- |
| MeSH Terms: | Patient Discharge Summaries*/standards , Large Language Models*/standards , Software Validation* , Emergency Service, Hospital* , Translating*, Reproducibility of Results ; Translations ; Humans ; Medical Interpreting ; Feasibility Studies |
| Abstract: | When given a sample of 100 emergency department discharge instructions, Claude Sonnet, a large language model, produced accurate Spanish translations as evaluated by Spanish-speaking physicians and medical interpreters. (©Jossie A Carreras Tartak, Ryan CL Brewster, Daniela Arango Isaza, Antonio Berumen Martinez, Ana Grafals, Phanidhar Adusumilli, Ted Fitzgerald, Roger Orcutt, Larry A Nathanson, Adrian D Haimovich. Originally published in JMIR Formative Research (https://formative.jmir.org), 12.01.2026.) |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: artificial intelligence; disparities; language; machine learning; machine translation |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260112 Date Completed: 20260113 Latest Revision: 20260131 |
| Update Code: | 20260131 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC12835839 |
| DOI: | 10.2196/79676 |
| PMID: | 41525688 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 2561-326X |
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| DOI: | 10.2196/79676 |