Leveraging Medical Knowledge Graphs Into Large Language Models for Diagnosis Prediction: Design and Application Study

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.14321v2
• Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 02:12:44 GMT
• Title: Leveraging Medical Knowledge Graphs Into Large Language Models for Diagnosis Prediction: Design and Application Study
• Authors: Yanjun Gao, Ruizhe Li, Emma Croxford, John Caskey, Brian W Patterson, Matthew Churpek, Timothy Miller, Dmitriy Dligach, Majid Afshar,
• Abstract summary: We propose an innovative approach for augmenting the proficiency of Large Language Models (LLMs) in automated diagnosis generation.<n>We derive the KG from the National Library of Medicine's Unified Medical Language System (UMLS), a robust repository of biomedical knowledge.<n>Our approach offers an explainable diagnostic pathway, edging us closer to the realization of AI-augmented diagnostic decision support systems.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and routine documentation practices play a vital role in patients' daily care, providing a holistic record of health, diagnoses, and treatment. However, complex and verbose EHR narratives overload healthcare providers, risking diagnostic inaccuracies. While Large Language Models (LLMs) have showcased their potential in diverse language tasks, their application in the healthcare arena needs to ensure the minimization of diagnostic errors and the prevention of patient harm. In this paper, we outline an innovative approach for augmenting the proficiency of LLMs in the realm of automated diagnosis generation, achieved through the incorporation of a medical knowledge graph (KG) and a novel graph model: Dr.Knows, inspired by the clinical diagnostic reasoning process. We derive the KG from the National Library of Medicine's Unified Medical Language System (UMLS), a robust repository of biomedical knowledge. Our method negates the need for pre-training and instead leverages the KG as an auxiliary instrument aiding in the interpretation and summarization of complex medical concepts. Using real-world hospital datasets, our experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach of combining LLMs with KG has the potential to improve the accuracy of automated diagnosis generation. More importantly, our approach offers an explainable diagnostic pathway, edging us closer to the realization of AI-augmented diagnostic decision support systems.

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