First Real-World Study of Safety and Quality of Patient-Facing AI in Primary Care

AI Might Be Coming To An Urgent Care Clinic Near You, New Study Suggests

Researchers announced the completion of a groundbreaking study exploring where AI chatbots assist primary care physicians in real-time at a clinic.

AI Might Be Coming to an Urgent Care Clinic Near You

(The Daily Caller)—Researchers announced the completion of a groundbreaking study where an artificial intelligence chatbot assisted primary care physicians by interacting with patients at a clinic. An eight-month clinical study following a chatbot engaging with patients published its findings Thursday in the medical journal The Lancet, the New York Times reported. The study was conducted at Beth Israel […] The post AI Might Be Coming to an Urgen…

First real-world study of safety and quality of patient-facing AI in primary care

The aging population, workforce changes and patients' increasingly complex medical needs are all factors straining primary care systems around the world. Artificial intelligence tools have emerged as a potential means of extending the capabilities of health care workers, including in primary care settings. Large language models (LLMs), also known as chatbots, have performed extremely well in simulations. However, little is known about how these …

Google’s AMIE Chatbot Shows Promise in Real-World Urgent Care Trial

A new Lancet study from Beth Israel Deaconess and Google found AMIE chatbot aided physicians in 75% of urgent care cases with zero safety stops. The trial offers rare positive real-world data amid ongoing concerns about AI undertriaging emergencies in other systems.

BIDMC Researchers Conduct First Real-World Study of Safety and Quality of Patient-Facing AI in Primary Care

Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have conducted what they believe is the first prospective real-world study of a patient-facing conversational AI system in primary care, taking an important step toward evaluating the technology through the same kind of rigorous clinical testing used for other health care interventions. The findings appear in The Lancet.