健康AI评估基准缺乏真实患者数据,导致模型能力被高估。
The Validity Gap in Health AI Evaluation: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Benchmark Composition
- 用大模型自动标注6个公开基准中的1.87万条健康咨询,构建标准化分类体系。
- 仅5.2%含检验数据,3.8%含影像,0.6%含原始病历,自杀自残问题不足0.7%。
- 适合关注临床真实场景、医疗大模型评估可信度的研究者阅读。
临床试验依赖透明的入组标准以保证可推广性。相比之下,验证健康相关大语言模型的基准很少描述其包含的‘患者’或‘查询’人群特征。缺乏明确构成时,总体性能指标可能误导模型在临床应用中的实际准备程度。我们利用大模型作为自动化编码工具,对六个公开基准中的18,707条消费者健康查询进行了分析,采用标准化的16字段分类体系,刻画其背景、主题与意图。结果发现存在结构性‘有效性缺口’:尽管基准已从静态检索演变为交互对话,但临床构成仍与现实需求脱节。虽然42%的语料涉及客观数据,但主要集中于健康穿戴设备信号(17.7%);复杂诊断输入仍稀少,包括检验值(5.2%)、影像资料(3.8%)和原始医疗记录(0.6%)。安全关键场景基本缺失:自杀/自残类查询不足0.7%,慢病管理仅占5.5%。基准还忽视了脆弱人群(儿科/老年人口<11%)和全球卫生需求。结论:评估基准仍与真实临床需求脱节,缺少原始临床数据、弱势群体代表及长期慢病照护场景。该领域需采纳标准化查询描述——类似临床试验报告规范——以使评估真正贴近临床实践的复杂性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Background: Clinical trials rely on transparent inclusion criteria to ensure generalizability. In contrast, benchmarks validating health-related large language models (LLMs) rarely characterize the "patient" or "query" populations they contain. Without defined composition, aggregate performance metrics may misrepresent model readiness for clinical use. Methods: We analyzed 18,707 consumer health queries across six public benchmarks using LLMs as automated coding instruments to apply a standardized 16-field taxonomy profiling context, topic, and intent. Results: We identified a structural "validity gap." While benchmarks have evolved from static retrieval to interactive dialogue, clinical composition remains misaligned with real-world needs. Although 42% of the corpus referenced objective data, this was polarized toward wellness-focused wearable signals (17.7%); complex diagnostic inputs remained rare, including laboratory values (5.2%), imaging (3.8%), and raw medical records (0.6%). Safety-critical scenarios were effectively absent: suicide/self-harm queries comprised <0.7% of the corpus and chronic disease management only 5.5%. Benchmarks also neglected vulnerable populations (pediatrics/older adults <11%) and global health needs. Conclusions: Evaluation benchmarks remain misaligned with real-world clinical needs, lacking raw clinical artifacts, adequate representation of vulnerable populations, and longitudinal chronic care scenarios. The field must adopt standardized query profiling--analogous to clinical trial reporting--to align evaluation with the full complexity of clinical practice.
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