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Applied AI·May 2, 2026·1 min read

Study: OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of emergency room patients using electronic records and a few sentences from nurses, vs. to 50-55% for triage doctors (Robert Booth/The Guardian)

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A 67% diagnostic hit rate vs 50–55% for triage doctors turns LLMs from “decision support” into a parallel clinician that hospitals have to govern. If you run a health system, your risk surface just shifted from ‘will this work’ to ‘who’s liable when the model and the doctor disagree.’