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Google is rolling out new AI models for health care. Here's how doctors are using them

Dec 13, 2023 - cnbc.com
Google has unveiled MedLM, a suite of healthcare-specific artificial intelligence (AI) models aimed at aiding clinicians and researchers in conducting complex studies and summarizing doctor-patient interactions. The suite, which includes a large and medium-sized AI model built on Med-PaLM 2, is available to eligible Google Cloud customers in the U.S. The company also plans to introduce healthcare-specific versions of its newest AI model, Gemini, to MedLM in the future.

The technology has been tested by companies such as HCA Healthcare and BenchSci. HCA has used MedLM to help emergency medicine physicians automatically document their interactions with patients and is developing a handoff tool for nurses. BenchSci has merged MedLM's AI with its own technology to help scientists identify biomarkers. However, both companies noted that while the technology has potential, it is not without challenges and does not replace the need for trained professionals.

Key takeaways:

  • Google has announced MedLM, a suite of new health-care-specific artificial intelligence models designed to help clinicians and researchers carry out complex studies, summarize doctor-patient interactions and more.
  • The MedLM suite includes a large and a medium-sized AI model, both built on Med-PaLM 2, a large language model trained on medical data that Google first announced in March.
  • HCA Healthcare has been testing Google's AI technology and has been using MedLM to help emergency medicine physicians automatically document their interactions with patients.
  • Google plans to introduce health-care-specific versions of Gemini, the company's newest and "most capable" AI model, to MedLM in the future.
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