Topic-Aware Summarization of Lived Health Care Experiences: Large Language Model Evaluation Study
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By
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Maneesh Bilalpur
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Megan E Hamm
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Young Ji Lee
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Natasha G Norman
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Kathleen M Mctigue
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Yanshan Wang
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June 11, 2026
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Clinical Scorecard: Evaluation of Large Language Models for Summarizing Personal Health Care Experiences with Context Awareness
At a Glance
| Category | Detail |
| Condition | |
| Key Mechanisms | |
| Target Population | |
| Care Setting | |
Key Highlights
- Storytelling captures lived health care experiences and promotes behavior change.
- NLP techniques can identify themes in unstructured spoken-dialogue narratives.
- LLMs excel at summarizing documents and understanding spoken language.
- Topic-aware summarization provides fine-grained analysis of health care experiences.
- The study focuses on gaps in health care delivery systems for African Americans.
Guideline-Based Recommendations
Diagnosis
Management
Monitoring & Follow-up
Risks
Patient & Prescribing Data
African American storytellers, including patients, caregivers, and health care professionals
Insights into health care experiences and potential avenues for intervention
Clinical Best Practices
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