Future of ChatGPT in reducing medical error: a narrative review

Abstract

The need for technological advancements supporting medical professionals' decision-making processes has increased due to the rising need for effective healthcare delivery. ChatGPT (OpenAI Incorporated, Mission District, San Francisco, USA) is a state-of-the-art language model based on the Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT)-4 architecture. Given ChatGPT's potential, It was extensively tested as a helpful tool for aiding healthcare professionals in creating medical reports based on actual patient laboratory results. In this review, we explored the applications of ChatGPT in healthcare reporting. We investigated ChatGPT's applications in healthcare through an extensive analysis of academic literature, particularly its capacity to interpret test results, offer real-time clinical guidance, and improve medical reporting. The ability of ChatGPT to act as a search engine that provides answers to questions without referring users to other websites has the potential to streamline healthcare processes and free up valuable time for medical professionals to focus on their core responsibilities. Despite ChatGPT's revolutionary potential, ethical considerations regarding patient privacy, human oversight, and prejudice reduction must be carefully considered. ChatGPT has the potential to significantly improve patient care through enhanced accuracy, precision, and overall reporting procedures in the medical field. However, ethical considerations are needed for such tools to be implemented in healthcare.