Summary of Aligning Ai Research with the Needs Of Clinical Coding Workflows: Eight Recommendations Based on Us Data Analysis and Critical Review, by Yidong Gan et al.
Aligning AI Research with the Needs of Clinical Coding Workflows: Eight Recommendations Based on US Data Analysis and Critical Review
by Yidong Gan, Maciej Rybinski, Ben Hachey, Jonathan K. Kummerfeld
First submitted to arxiv on: 23 Dec 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper presents a critical analysis of the current state of artificial intelligence (AI) research in clinical coding, which is essential for healthcare billing and data analysis. The authors highlight the limitations of widely used evaluation methods, which are often based on simplistic scenarios and do not reflect real-world clinical contexts. For instance, evaluations that focus only on the top 50 most common codes overlook the thousands of codes used in practice. To address this gap, the paper offers eight specific recommendations to improve current evaluation methods, as well as proposes new AI-based approaches to assist clinical coders. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Clinical coding is important for healthcare billing and data analysis. A new study shows that current ways of evaluating artificial intelligence (AI) codes don’t match real-life situations. This can lead to mistakes and inefficiencies. The authors suggest eight changes to improve how we evaluate AI codes, and also propose new ways for computers to help human coders. |
