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AI history-taking in paediatric ED feasible
A Pilot Study to Evaluate Artificial Intelligence-Driven Early Retrieval of Medical Histories in the Emergency Department
Annals of Emergency Medicine · Added 27 July 2026
This pilot study of ChatGPT-enabled patient history taking in the pediatric emergency department waiting room was feasible, well accepted, and produced accurate, complete, readable, and efficient summaries.
- Study type
- Other
- Design
- Prospective mixed-methods pilot study
- Participants
- 31 patients/caregivers, ESI 3–5, in a paediatric ED waiting room
- Main finding
- Participant median usability 10 (IQR 8–10), satisfaction 8, overall quality 9; physician ratings median 8/10 across accuracy, completeness, efficiency and satisfaction, 9 for readability; no hallucinations noted.
- Caveat
- Small single-site pilot; histories not used for clinical decisions
- Bottom line
- Hypothesis-generating
Learning goal
Understand how artificial intelligence history-taking tools could fit into Australasian emergency care pathways and their limitations.
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- Topic: Operations & systems
- Daily scan: 27 July 2026
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