The Application of Large Language Models in Primary Healthcare Services and the Challenges

Abstract

The primary healthcare system is key to achieving a health equity. In China, great obstacles are challenged by imbalanced medical resources, shortage of primary healthcare providers, and the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. Artificial intelligence large language models have demonstrated strong advantages in the medical system. This article deeply explored the application of large language models in the primary healthcare system and the challenges. The large language models are expected to assist the diagnosis and treatment of common diseases in grassroot medical institutions, promote intelligent health education and chronic disease management, underpin primary health services in the undeveloped and remote areas, stimulate the leapfrog development of general medicine, and accelerate the industrialization of large language models in general diagnosis and treatment and primary health services, thus providing important support for the construction of healthy China.

Keywords

• large language model|general practice|primary healthcare services|health equity|health education|chronic disease management