The evolving landscape of large language models and non-large language models in health care.

TitleThe evolving landscape of large language models and non-large language models in health care.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2026
AuthorsYang R, Li H, Wong MYu Heng, Ke Y, Li X, Yu K, Liao J, Liew JChong Kai, Nair SVinod, Ong JChiat Ling, Li I, Teodoro D, Hong C, Peng Y, Ting DShu Wei, Liu N
JournalNpj Health Syst
Volume3
Date Published2026
ISSN3005-1959
Abstract

We analyzed 19,123 natural language processing-related studies to explore the differences in task distributions and application contexts between large language models (LLMs) and non-LLM methods in health care. Through topic modeling analysis, we found that LLMs demonstrate advantages in open-ended tasks, while non-LLM methods dominate in information extraction tasks. These findings highlight the complementary strengths of the two technical paradigms and provide reference for their integration strategies in future health care applications.

DOI10.1038/s44401-026-00076-1
Alternate JournalNpj Health Syst
PubMed ID41924194
PubMed Central IDPMC13038296