Doctors often use Google Translate to talk with non-English speaking patients, but researchers say inaccurate results are common and can lead to serious errors
STATKatie Palmer
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@epro
Emil Protalinski on x
There's a clear need here that a startup could fill: Google Translate for health, which in turn could grow into a more trustworthy Google Search for health. https://twitter.com/...
@karimccneo
Kari McCallie on x
So important. This can't come quick enough to help LEP patients and families. Google Translate is obviously not preferred and not ideal, but isn't it better than nothing? How do we balance this when the preferred and ideal is not available? https://twitter.com/...
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@berkeleydatasci on x
“Obviously, Google Translate wasn't built for health care applications,” said @nikita_mehandru, a Ph.D. student in clinical artificial intelligence at @BerkeleyISchool. “Maybe something should be.” Read more in @statnews on @niloufar_s and Nikita's work: https://www.statnews.com/…
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Rick Berke on x
How Google Translate has become a ubiquitous, if imperfect, part of patient care, and why some researchers want a change. By @KatieMPalmer https://www.statnews.com/... via @statnews https://twitter.com/...