{
  "id": 17154,
  "url": "https://www.jmir.org/2026/1/e89963",
  "title": "Stepwise Diagnostic Evaluation of Chinese Large Language Models: Comparative Study of Common and Rare Diseases",
  "summary": "Background: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly applied in clinical decision support, yet their diagnostic performance in Chinese-language settings and under realistic clinical workflows remains unclear. In particular, how LLMs perform across diseases with different prevalence and under stepwise diagnostic processes has not been well characterized. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic capabilities of LLMs for common diseases and rare diseases using clinical vignettes",
  "authors": "Jiayi Wang, Jiao Yang, Rui Guo",
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "healthcare",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "china",
  "published_at": "2026-08-06T20:30:11.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-07T05:10:58.501Z",
  "source_slug": "x-jmir-journal-of-medical-internet-researc",
  "source_name": "JMIR (Journal of Medical Internet Research)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.jmir.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17154",
  "original_url": "https://www.jmir.org/2026/1/e89963",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}