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library_name: transformers
datasets:
- 9rofe/patient_handout_AAFP_reading_levels
language:
- en
---

# Model Card for AI-Driven Health Literacy Simplification Model

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This model simplifies complex medical texts to a 6th-grade reading level, enhancing health literacy among patients with low health literacy.


## Model Details

### Model Description

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This model uses advanced natural language processing (NLP) algorithms to translate complex medical information into a format that is accessible to individuals with a 6th-grade reading level. The goal is to improve comprehension and health outcomes for patients with low health literacy.

- **Developed by:** [WernickeAI]
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- **Model type:** [Text Simplification]
- **Language(s) (NLP):** [English]
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- **Finetuned from model [optional]:** [tiiuae/falcon-40b]

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## Uses

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### Direct Use

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[The model can be used directly to simplify patient education materials to improve accessibility and comprehension.]

### Downstream Use [optional]

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[The model can be integrated into healthcare platforms and patient portals to provide simplified information, aiding patients in understanding their medical conditions and treatment plans.]

### Out-of-Scope Use

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[The model should not be used for generating medical advice or instructions without proper validation from healthcare professionals to avoid misinformation.]

## Bias, Risks, and Limitations

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[The model may not fully capture all nuances of medical information, leading to oversimplification or loss of critical details. There is also a risk of bias in the training data affecting the output.]

### Recommendations

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Users should validate the simplified text with healthcare professionals to ensure accuracy and completeness of the information.

## How to Get Started with the Model

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## Training Details

### Training Data

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[The model was trained on a comprehensive dataset of medical texts, including patient handouts and educational materials, processed to ensure readability compliance with NIH and AMA guidelines.]

### Training Procedure

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#### Preprocessing [optional]

[Medical texts were preprocessed using readability assessments such as SMOG, Flesch-Kincaid, and Gunning Fog to ensure the dataset's appropriateness for training the simplification model.]


#### Training Hyperparameters

- **Training regime:** [
Training regime: fp16 mixed precision
Optimizer: AdamW
Learning rate: 5e-5
Batch size: 32] <!--fp32, fp16 mixed precision, bf16 mixed precision, bf16 non-mixed precision, fp16 non-mixed precision, fp8 mixed precision -->

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[Training was conducted over 10 epochs, with checkpoints saved at regular intervals to monitor progress and performance.]

## Evaluation

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### Testing Data, Factors & Metrics

#### Testing Data

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### Results

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#### Summary



## Model Examination [optional]

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[The model's outputs were reviewed by healthcare professionals to ensure accuracy and completeness.]

## Environmental Impact

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Carbon emissions can be estimated using the [Machine Learning Impact calculator](https://mlco2.github.io/impact#compute) presented in [Lacoste et al. (2019)](https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.09700).

- **Hardware Type:** [GPU (NVIDIA A100)]
- **Hours used:** [120 hours]
- **Cloud Provider:** [AWS]
- **Compute Region:** [US East (N. Virginia)]
- **Carbon Emitted:** [500 kg CO2eq]

## Technical Specifications [optional]

### Model Architecture and Objective

[The model is based on a sequence-to-sequence transformer architecture fine-tuned for text simplification.]

### Compute Infrastructure

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#### Hardware

[Training was conducted on NVIDIA A100 GPUs.]

#### Software

[The model was developed on Google Colab using Python and Hugging Face's Transformers library.]

## Citation [optional]

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## Glossary [optional]

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[
Health Literacy: The ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information to make appropriate health decisions.
Readability Assessments: Tools used to evaluate the reading level of a text, such as SMOG, Flesch-Kincaid, and Gunning Fog.]

## More Information [optional]

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## Model Card Authors [optional]

[Clark Parry]

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