A Comprehensive Survey on the Trustworthiness of Large Language Models in Healthcare (2025.findings-emnlp)
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| Challenge: | a survey of large language models in healthcare raises critical concerns around trustworthiness . trustworthy of LLMs in healthcare remains underexplored, lacking a systematic review . |
| Approach: | a new survey examines the trustworthiness of large language models in healthcare . a review examines how each dimension affects reliability and ethical deployment of LLMs . |
| Outcome: | The present study examines the trustworthiness of large language models in healthcare . it identifies key gaps in existing approaches and challenges posed by evolving paradigms . |
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