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LI Jiawen, YI Shanye, MA Jingxin, FENG Jia, ZHOU Yiheng, ZHAO Qian, LEI Yi, YUAN Bo, JIA Yu, LIAO Xiaoyang. New opportunities and challenges of ChatGPT in general clinical practice[J]. Chinese Journal of General Practice, 2026, 24(5): 721-725. doi: 10.16766/j.cnki.issn.1674-4152.004476
Citation: LI Jiawen, YI Shanye, MA Jingxin, FENG Jia, ZHOU Yiheng, ZHAO Qian, LEI Yi, YUAN Bo, JIA Yu, LIAO Xiaoyang. New opportunities and challenges of ChatGPT in general clinical practice[J]. Chinese Journal of General Practice, 2026, 24(5): 721-725. doi: 10.16766/j.cnki.issn.1674-4152.004476
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New opportunities and challenges of ChatGPT in general clinical practice

doi: 10.16766/j.cnki.issn.1674-4152.004476
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    Department of General Practice Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China

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  • Received Date: 2025-06-04
    Available Online: 2026-10-23
    Abstract
  • ChatGPT is a large-scale pretrained language model based on GPT-3 launched by OpenAI on November 30, 2022. Owing to its extensive training data and powerful language processing capabilities, ChatGPT demonstrates high accuracy, comprehensiveness, and flexibility in language understanding, showing considerable potential in medical applications, particularly in doctor-patient communication and preventive healthcare. General practice medicine is characterized by the "3P3C" framework, encompassing primary healthcare, preventive healthcare, patient-centered care, comprehensive healthcare, continuous care, and community healthcare. ChatGPT has shown significant potential in these areas, such as providing health information and diagnostic advice, assisting in the development of personalized treatment plans, and supporting chronic disease management. However, the application of ChatGPT also faces many challenges, such as data bias, accuracy limitations, delays in knowledge updates, and ethical and privacy issues, etc. Therefore, future integration of ChatGPT into general practice requires improvements in ethical and legal framework, acceleration of localized deployment, and enhancement of data quality and technological reliability to ensure safe and effective application. Given its potential to improve doctor-patient communication, promote health education, and assist in medical diagnosis in community settings, this study systematically explores the applications and research progress of ChatGPT in the clinical practice, drawing on practical experience and relevant literature in the medical field. It also examines future development trends and provides a preliminary analysis of potential challenges. The broader adoption and implementation of large language models, represented by ChatGPT, may further advance the development of general medicine.

     

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