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Nature Medicine
Mar 12, 2026

A clinical environment simulator for dynamic AI evaluation

Clinical evaluation of large language models (LLMs) currently relies on static datasets and isolated scenarios that fail to capture the […]

Nature
Mar 4, 2026

Merlin: a computed tomography vision–language foundation model and dataset

The large volume of abdominal computed tomography (CT) scans coupled with the shortage of radiologists have intensified the need for […]

Nature Health
Feb 19, 2026

Building The Health Chatbot Users’ Guide

General-purpose large language models (LLMs) are now commonplace throughout society, becoming de facto health advisors for millions worldwide1. The public […]

Preprint
Feb 6, 2026

MedAgentBrief for Hospital Course Summarization: Safety, Use, and Discharge Documentation Burden

mportance: High-quality discharge summaries are essential for safe care transitions but contribute substantially to clinician documentation burden and burnout. While […]

Nature Medicine
Feb 3, 2026

Scaling medical AI across clinical contexts

Medical artificial intelligence (AI) tools, including clinical language models, vision–language models and multimodal health record models, are used to summarize […]

NPJ Health Systems
Feb 2, 2026

Uses of generative AI by non-clinician staff at an academic medical center

Large language model (LLM) chat tools have the potential to transform healthcare workflows by improving efficiency and reducing administrative burdens. […]

Preprint
Jan 21, 2026

Adoption and Use of LLMs at an Academic Medical Center

While large language models (LLMs) can support clinical documentation needs, standalone tools struggle with “workflow friction” from manual data entry. […]

Journal of General Internal Medicine
Jan 21, 2026

“I Double Checked It with My Own Knowledge:” Physician Perspectives on the Use of AI Chatbots for Clinical Decision-Making

AI chatbots are proliferating in healthcare systems. It is essential to explore how physicians use these tools in order to […]

Journal of General Internal Medicine
Jan 20, 2026

Elevating Management Reasoning to Preserve Professional Identity in the AI Era

AI systems are rapidly approaching expert-level diagnostic reasoning; however, management reasoning —the art of translating diagnoses into personalized care—remains distinctly […]

Nature Medicine
Jan 20, 2026

Holistic evaluation of large language models for medical tasks with MedHELM

While large language models (LLMs) achieve near-perfect scores on medical licensing exams, these evaluations inadequately reflect the complexity and diversity […]

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