JMIR Medical Education (Dec 2024)

ChatGPT May Improve Access to Language-Concordant Care for Patients With Non–English Language Preferences

  • Fiatsogbe Dzuali,
  • Kira Seiger,
  • Roberto Novoa,
  • Maria Aleshin,
  • Joyce Teng,
  • Jenna Lester,
  • Roxana Daneshjou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2196/51435
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10
pp. e51435 – e51435

Abstract

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AbstractThis study evaluated the accuracy of ChatGPT in translating English patient education materials into Spanish, Mandarin, and Russian. While ChatGPT shows promise for translating Spanish and Russian medical information, Mandarin translations require further refinement, highlighting the need for careful review of AI-generated translations before clinical use.