Development and Testing of a Novel Large Language Model-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems for Medication Safety in 12 Clinical Specialties

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Autori principali: Ong, Jasmine Chiat Ling, Jin, Liyuan, Elangovan, Kabilan, Lim, Gilbert Yong San, Lim, Daniel Yan Zheng, Sng, Gerald Gui Ren, Ke, Yuhe, Tung, Joshua Yi Min, Zhong, Ryan Jian, Koh, Christopher Ming Yao, Lee, Keane Zhi Hao, Chen, Xiang, Chng, Jack Kian, Than, Aung, Goh, Ken Junyang, Ting, Daniel Shu Wei
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author Ong, Jasmine Chiat Ling
Jin, Liyuan
Elangovan, Kabilan
Lim, Gilbert Yong San
Lim, Daniel Yan Zheng
Sng, Gerald Gui Ren
Ke, Yuhe
Tung, Joshua Yi Min
Zhong, Ryan Jian
Koh, Christopher Ming Yao
Lee, Keane Zhi Hao
Chen, Xiang
Chng, Jack Kian
Than, Aung
Goh, Ken Junyang
Ting, Daniel Shu Wei
author_facet Ong, Jasmine Chiat Ling
Jin, Liyuan
Elangovan, Kabilan
Lim, Gilbert Yong San
Lim, Daniel Yan Zheng
Sng, Gerald Gui Ren
Ke, Yuhe
Tung, Joshua Yi Min
Zhong, Ryan Jian
Koh, Christopher Ming Yao
Lee, Keane Zhi Hao
Chen, Xiang
Chng, Jack Kian
Than, Aung
Goh, Ken Junyang
Ting, Daniel Shu Wei
contents Importance: We introduce a novel Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)-Large Language Model (LLM) framework as a Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) to support safe medication prescription. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of LLM-based CDSS in correctly identifying medication errors in different patient case vignettes from diverse medical and surgical sub-disciplines, against a human expert panel derived ground truth. We compared performance for under 2 different CDSS practical healthcare integration modalities: LLM-based CDSS alone (fully autonomous mode) vs junior pharmacist + LLM-based CDSS (co-pilot, assistive mode). Design, Setting, and Participants: Utilizing a RAG model with state-of-the-art medically-related LLMs (GPT-4, Gemini Pro 1.0 and Med-PaLM 2), this study used 61 prescribing error scenarios embedded into 23 complex clinical vignettes across 12 different medical and surgical specialties. A multidisciplinary expert panel assessed these cases for Drug-Related Problems (DRPs) using the PCNE classification and graded severity / potential for harm using revised NCC MERP medication error index. We compared. Results RAG-LLM performed better compared to LLM alone. When employed in a co-pilot mode, accuracy, recall, and F1 scores were optimized, indicating effectiveness in identifying moderate to severe DRPs. The accuracy of DRP detection with RAG-LLM improved in several categories but at the expense of lower precision. Conclusions This study established that a RAG-LLM based CDSS significantly boosts the accuracy of medication error identification when used alongside junior pharmacists (co-pilot), with notable improvements in detecting severe DRPs. This study also illuminates the comparative performance of current state-of-the-art LLMs in RAG-based CDSS systems.
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spellingShingle Development and Testing of a Novel Large Language Model-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems for Medication Safety in 12 Clinical Specialties
Ong, Jasmine Chiat Ling
Jin, Liyuan
Elangovan, Kabilan
Lim, Gilbert Yong San
Lim, Daniel Yan Zheng
Sng, Gerald Gui Ren
Ke, Yuhe
Tung, Joshua Yi Min
Zhong, Ryan Jian
Koh, Christopher Ming Yao
Lee, Keane Zhi Hao
Chen, Xiang
Chng, Jack Kian
Than, Aung
Goh, Ken Junyang
Ting, Daniel Shu Wei
Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
Importance: We introduce a novel Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)-Large Language Model (LLM) framework as a Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) to support safe medication prescription. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of LLM-based CDSS in correctly identifying medication errors in different patient case vignettes from diverse medical and surgical sub-disciplines, against a human expert panel derived ground truth. We compared performance for under 2 different CDSS practical healthcare integration modalities: LLM-based CDSS alone (fully autonomous mode) vs junior pharmacist + LLM-based CDSS (co-pilot, assistive mode). Design, Setting, and Participants: Utilizing a RAG model with state-of-the-art medically-related LLMs (GPT-4, Gemini Pro 1.0 and Med-PaLM 2), this study used 61 prescribing error scenarios embedded into 23 complex clinical vignettes across 12 different medical and surgical specialties. A multidisciplinary expert panel assessed these cases for Drug-Related Problems (DRPs) using the PCNE classification and graded severity / potential for harm using revised NCC MERP medication error index. We compared. Results RAG-LLM performed better compared to LLM alone. When employed in a co-pilot mode, accuracy, recall, and F1 scores were optimized, indicating effectiveness in identifying moderate to severe DRPs. The accuracy of DRP detection with RAG-LLM improved in several categories but at the expense of lower precision. Conclusions This study established that a RAG-LLM based CDSS significantly boosts the accuracy of medication error identification when used alongside junior pharmacists (co-pilot), with notable improvements in detecting severe DRPs. This study also illuminates the comparative performance of current state-of-the-art LLMs in RAG-based CDSS systems.
title Development and Testing of a Novel Large Language Model-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems for Medication Safety in 12 Clinical Specialties
topic Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.01741