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AI and Discharge Instruction Readability: Lowering the Reading Level
AI can rewrite discharge instructions to a 5th-grade level, but a clinician must confirm that no clinical detail was lost in the simplification.
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- 1The premise
- 2discharge
- 3health literacy
- 4readability
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The premise
AI can take dense discharge instructions and rewrite them to a target reading level while preserving every dose, time, and warning sign.
What AI does well here
- Lower reading level from 12th to 5th grade while keeping numeric specifics
- Surface a diff so a nurse can confirm no warning was softened
What AI cannot do
- Decide which warning signs are most relevant for this patient's condition
- Replace a teach-back from a discharging nurse
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