Medicine and Health

Large language models for preventing medication direction errors in online pharmacies

C. Pais, J. Liu, et al.

Medication direction errors in pharmacies can be dangerous, but researchers Cristobal Pais, Jianfeng Liu, Robert Voigt, Vin Gupta, Elizabeth Wade, and Mohsen Bayati are leveraging large language models to combat this issue. Their innovative MEDIC system fine-tunes these models to enhance prescription accuracy and reduce near-miss events significantly, showcasing a promising path for safer pharmacy practices.