Quality Of Care

Publicly Trained LLMs Identify Musculoskeletal Pain Location, Acuity

October 31, 2023 - Mount Sinai researchers have demonstrated that publicly trained large language models (LLMs) can identify the pain location and pain location of musculoskeletal conditions like shoulder, knee, and lower back pain, according to a study published last week in The Lancet Digital Health. Complex musculoskeletal conditions can be challenging to manage...


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