Large language models for preventing medication direction errors in online pharmacies. June 5, 2024

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/large-language-models-preventing-medication-direction-errors-online-pharmacies Large language models for preventing medication direction errors in online pharmacies. Pais C, Liu J, Voigt R, et al. Nat Med. 2024;Epub Apr 25. Large language models (LLMs) are artificial intelligence (AI) based tools which are increasingly used in healthcare to improve clinical decision-making and patient safety. This article describes the MEDIC (medication direction copilot) system, which uses LMMs to reduce prescribing errors by improving medication direction-related communication. The researchers tested MEDIC within an existing pharmacy workflow and found that the tool led to a 3% reduction in direction-related near miss events.