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Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/101711, first published .
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Initial-Visit Specialty Triage in Rare Diseases Using Large Language Models: Retrospective Benchmarking Study

Initial-Visit Specialty Triage in Rare Diseases Using Large Language Models: Retrospective Benchmarking Study

Jie Song   1 * , MSc ;   Zhichuan Xu   1 * , BS ;   Meng Xiao   1 , BS ;   Cheng Bi   1 , PhD ;   Yuxin Zhang   1 , PhD ;   Xin Zheng   1 , PhD ;   Xiaoran Li   1 , BS ;   Qiongfang Cao   1 , PhD ;   Ziyu Lu   1 , BS ;   Hao Yang   1, 2 , PhD ;   Bairong Shen   1 , PhD

1 Department of Ophthalmology and Institutes for Systems Genetics, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

2 Department of Computer Science and Information Technologies, Iberian Society of Telehealth and Telemedicine, Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Bairong Shen, PhD
  • Department of Ophthalmology and Institutes for Systems Genetics, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, West China Hospital of Sichuan University
  • No.2222, Xinchuan Road, Gaoxin District
  • Chengdu, Sichuan 610041
  • China
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  • Email: bairong.shen@scu.edu.cn