Scope of Pre-trained Language Models for Detecting Conflicting Health Information

Understand

An increasing number of people now rely on online platforms to meet their health information needs.

• Thus identifying inconsistent or conflicting textual health information has become a safety-critical task.
• Health advice data poses a unique challenge where information that is accurate in the context of one diagnosis can be conflicting in the context of another.
• For example, people suffering from diabetes and hypertension often receive conflicting health advice on diet.