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Can the artificial intelligence (AI) simplification of radiology reports into plain language improve patient comprehension?<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Twenty original radiology reports (breast imaging, chest X-ray) were simplified into plain language using ChatGPT-4 using a customized prompt for each report type. For each report, clinicians created a gold standard of key findings and appropriate follow-up. In August 2024, a national sample of 2000 US adults reviewed 2 randomly assigned reports, 1 original and 1 AI-generated plain language. Participants answered questions focused on comprehension of key findings, follow-up, confidence, anxiety, and preferences. Comprehension and follow-up were compared to the gold standard. We compared patient accuracy for original vs AI-generated plain language reports.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Participants (mean age 48 years) were 62.3% female. Compared to original reports, participants shown AI-generated plain language reports had higher accuracy in comprehension (68.0% vs 58.0%; marginal difference 10.8% [95% CI, 7.8%-13.8%]) and follow-up (64.5% vs 58.4%; marginal difference 6.8% [95% CI, 4.1%-9.4%]). Improvements were larger among participants aged &amp;gt;44 years and with less than college education. With plain language reports, participants reported higher confidence in their answers and lower anxiety. Despite these improvements, 60.0% of participants preferred the original report over the plain language version.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Integrating AI simplification into patient portals may be helpful, but trust concerns remain.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>AI simplification improved patient comprehension and confidence. 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