Improving Clinical Note Generation from Complex Doctor-Patient Conversation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.14568v1
• Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 18:39:31 GMT
• Title: Improving Clinical Note Generation from Complex Doctor-Patient Conversation
• Authors: Yizhan Li, Sifan Wu, Christopher Smith, Thomas Lo, Bang Liu,
• Abstract summary: We present three key contributions to the field of clinical note generation using large language models (LLMs) First, we introduce CliniKnote, a dataset consisting of 1,200 complex doctor-patient conversations paired with their full clinical notes. Second, we propose K-SOAP, which enhances traditional SOAPcitepodder20soap (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan) notes by adding a keyword section at the top, allowing for quick identification of essential information. Third, we develop an automatic pipeline to generate K-SOAP notes from doctor-patient conversations and benchmark various modern LLMs using various
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• Abstract: Writing clinical notes and documenting medical exams is a critical task for healthcare professionals, serving as a vital component of patient care documentation. However, manually writing these notes is time-consuming and can impact the amount of time clinicians can spend on direct patient interaction and other tasks. Consequently, the development of automated clinical note generation systems has emerged as a clinically meaningful area of research within AI for health. In this paper, we present three key contributions to the field of clinical note generation using large language models (LLMs). First, we introduce CliniKnote, a comprehensive dataset consisting of 1,200 complex doctor-patient conversations paired with their full clinical notes. This dataset, created and curated by medical experts with the help of modern neural networks, provides a valuable resource for training and evaluating models in clinical note generation tasks. Second, we propose the K-SOAP (Keyword, Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan) note format, which enhances traditional SOAP~\cite{podder2023soap} (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan) notes by adding a keyword section at the top, allowing for quick identification of essential information. Third, we develop an automatic pipeline to generate K-SOAP notes from doctor-patient conversations and benchmark various modern LLMs using various metrics. Our results demonstrate significant improvements in efficiency and performance compared to standard LLM finetuning methods.

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