Table 2. Reviewer Comments on Inaccuracies Found in Patient-Friendly Discharge Summariesa.
| Category of inaccuracy | Safety risk | Reviewer comment |
|---|---|---|
| Hallucination | No | The patient-friendly discharge summary stated dizziness got better, but there is no mention in the original discharge narrative that this improved. |
| Hallucination | No | Some abbreviations are incorrect, and some numbers were incorrect for laboratory work. |
| Hallucination | No | Though the patient-friendly discharge summary notes infection, there was no indication of infection according to the original discharge summary. |
| Hallucination | Yes | The answer to “What brought me to the hospital” is wrong. The patient-friendly discharge summary states “because of chest pain.” Chest pain is nowhere mentioned in hospital course. |
| Omission | Yes | The patient-friendly discharge summary did not mention nausea and vomiting as part of why they came to hospital. It also did not mention 2 nonspecific findings on imaging. |
| Other | Yes | The patient-friendly discharge summary mentioned that they “gave water pills for heart problems” and listed one of the problems in the hospitalization as “heart problems,” which may sound like the patient had a heart failure exacerbation when instead they were just resuming their home medications. |
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Here we include all 4 comments categorized as hallucination as well as 1 example from each of the other 2 categories. Comments by reviewers are lightly edited for clarity and patient privacy.