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Hallucinations are identified as a critical error type within clinical notes, categorized by their potential impact on patient care as described in [1]. Research indicates that specific prompting strategies during the generation of clinical notes can influence the frequency of these hallucinations [2], which are most commonly found in the 'Plan' section of the documentation [3].
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A framework to assess clinical safety and hallucination rates of LLMs ... nature.com 3 facts
procedureHallucinations and omissions in clinical notes are classified as 'Major' if they could change patient diagnosis or management if left uncorrected, and 'minor' otherwise.
measurementHallucinations in clinical notes occurred most frequently in the 'Plan' section, accounting for 20% of all hallucinations.
claimIn Experiment 5, incorporating a chain-of-thought prompt to extract facts from the transcript (atomisation) before generating the clinical note led to an increase in major hallucinations and omissions.