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Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Formative Research

Date Submitted: Jun 26, 2025
Date Accepted: Nov 13, 2025

The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

Evaluating Spanish Translations of Emergency Department Discharge Instructions by a Large Language Model: Tool Validation and Reliability Study

Carreras Tartak JA, Brewster RC, Arango Isaza D, Berumen Martinez A, Grafals A, Adusumilli P, Fitzgerald T, Orcutt R, Nathanson LA, Haimovich AD

Evaluating Spanish Translations of Emergency Department Discharge Instructions by a Large Language Model: Tool Validation and Reliability Study

JMIR Form Res 2026;10:e79676

DOI: 10.2196/79676

PMID: 41525688

PMCID: 12835839

Evaluating Spanish Translations of Emergency Department Discharge Instructions by a Large Language Model: A Feasibility Study

  • Jossie A Carreras Tartak; 
  • Ryan CL Brewster; 
  • Daniela Arango Isaza; 
  • Antonio Berumen Martinez; 
  • Ana Grafals; 
  • Phanidhar Adusumilli; 
  • Ted Fitzgerald; 
  • Roger Orcutt; 
  • Larry A Nathanson; 
  • Adrian D Haimovich

ABSTRACT

Summary sentence: Novel large language models can produce accurate Spanish translations of emergency department discharge instructions as evaluated by Spanish-speaking physicians and medical interpreters.


 Citation

Please cite as:

Carreras Tartak JA, Brewster RC, Arango Isaza D, Berumen Martinez A, Grafals A, Adusumilli P, Fitzgerald T, Orcutt R, Nathanson LA, Haimovich AD

Evaluating Spanish Translations of Emergency Department Discharge Instructions by a Large Language Model: Tool Validation and Reliability Study

JMIR Form Res 2026;10:e79676

DOI: 10.2196/79676

PMID: 41525688

PMCID: 12835839

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