Evaluating large language models as clinical decision support tools in primary healthcare settings: Protocol for a multi-country comparative validation study on expert-adjudicated hypothetical vignettes (hypMOOVE-PHC)

Paul Macharia, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Muhidin K. Mahende, Evelyne Mapunda, Yves Sonnay, Anastasia Ntracha, Sam Woodbury, Irene Inwani, Fredrick Otieno, Hendry R. Sawe, Save Kumwenda, Grace Mhalu, Wendy Essuman, Fay Elhassan, Blanche Duron, Mallory Henriet, Omar Ziyad Azgaoui, Valérian Rousset, Peter Ahumuza, Karian Sylvius Før, Stuart Lipsitz, Lars Klein, Alexandra V. Kulinkina, Kristina Keitel, Mary-Anne Hartley

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@article{allodium:10.64898/2026.09.14.26362984,
  title = {Evaluating large language models as clinical decision support tools in primary healthcare settings: Protocol for a multi-country comparative validation study on expert-adjudicated hypothetical vignettes (hypMOOVE-PHC)},
  author = {Paul Macharia and Chiyembekezo Kachimanga and Muhidin K. Mahende and Evelyne Mapunda and Yves Sonnay and Anastasia Ntracha and Sam Woodbury and Irene Inwani and Fredrick Otieno and Hendry R. Sawe and Save Kumwenda and Grace Mhalu and Wendy Essuman and Fay Elhassan and Blanche Duron and Mallory Henriet and Omar Ziyad Azgaoui and Valérian Rousset and Peter Ahumuza and Karian Sylvius Før and Stuart Lipsitz and Lars Klein and Alexandra V. Kulinkina and Kristina Keitel and Mary-Anne Hartley},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.64898/2026.09.14.26362984},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.09.14.26362984}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Evaluating large language models as clinical decision support tools in primary healthcare settings: Protocol for a multi-country comparative validation study on expert-adjudicated hypothetical vignettes (hypMOOVE-PHC)
AU  - Paul Macharia
AU  - Chiyembekezo Kachimanga
AU  - Muhidin K. Mahende
AU  - Evelyne Mapunda
AU  - Yves Sonnay
AU  - Anastasia Ntracha
AU  - Sam Woodbury
AU  - Irene Inwani
AU  - Fredrick Otieno
AU  - Hendry R. Sawe
AU  - Save Kumwenda
AU  - Grace Mhalu
AU  - Wendy Essuman
AU  - Fay Elhassan
AU  - Blanche Duron
AU  - Mallory Henriet
AU  - Omar Ziyad Azgaoui
AU  - Valérian Rousset
AU  - Peter Ahumuza
AU  - Karian Sylvius Før
AU  - Stuart Lipsitz
AU  - Lars Klein
AU  - Alexandra V. Kulinkina
AU  - Kristina Keitel
AU  - Mary-Anne Hartley
PY  - 2026
DO  - 10.64898/2026.09.14.26362984
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Macharia, P., Kachimanga, C., Mahende, M. K., Mapunda, E., Sonnay, Y., Ntracha, A., Woodbury, S., Inwani, I., Otieno, F., Sawe, H. R., Kumwenda, S., Mhalu, G., Essuman, W., Elhassan, F., Duron, B., Henriet, M., Azgaoui, O. Z., Rousset, V., Ahumuza, P., Før, K. S., Lipsitz, S., Klein, L., Kulinkina, A. V., Keitel, K., & Hartley, M. (2026). Evaluating large language models as clinical decision support tools in primary healthcare settings: Protocol for a multi-country comparative validation study on expert-adjudicated hypothetical vignettes (hypMOOVE-PHC). https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.09.14.26362984

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