Google's AMIE chat system studied with real patients in a Lancet-published clinic study
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Google and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center published a prospective study in The Lancet of AMIE, a research conversational system that patients chat with before in-person appointments and that produces summaries for clinicians.
Google calls it the first study of patient-facing conversational diagnostics in a real clinic.
Google reports that across 100 patient interactions, AMIE had zero safety stops and its differential diagnoses matched doctors' final diagnoses in 90% of cases. It also says clinicians found the summaries helped them prepare for visits in 75% of cases and influenced their approach to care in more than half, and that patients felt more confident and better organized after the chats. The announcements do not describe the full methodology or sample size, so these figures cannot yet be independently assessed. A New York Times report on the trial mentions nearly 100 patients but gives no outcome details.
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- Sundar PichaiPickGoogle's AMIE Chat System Is Tested With Real Urgent Care Patients in The Lancet
AIGoogle published a prospective study of AMIE, a research conversational system that patients chat with before doctor appointments, in The Lancet with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Clinicians reported the summaries helped them prepare for visits in 75% of cases and influenced their approach to care in more than half. AMIE's differential diagnoses matched the doctors' final diagnoses 90% of the time.
- The New York Times · TechnologyClinical Trial Suggests A.I. Chatbots Could Aid Urgent Care
AIA clinical trial found that nearly 100 patients discussed their symptoms with Google's AMIE chatbot before meeting physicians. The source text provides no further details on the trial's results or outcomes.
- Google ResearchGoogle's AMIE medical AI tested in a real clinic across 100 patient interactions
AIGoogle Research reports results from evaluating its research medical system AMIE in a real clinic with BIDMC, published in The Lancet. Across 100 patient interactions, AMIE recorded zero safety stops and matched doctor diagnoses in 90% of cases.
- GoogleGoogle's AMIE Diagnostic Chatbot Studied Prospectively in Real Clinical Setting
AIGoogle reports that its medical research system AMIE, described as the first patient-facing conversational diagnostic tool of its kind studied prospectively in a real-world clinical setting, was evaluated in a study published in The Lancet. Patients who chatted with AMIE before in-person appointments reported stronger confidence and better organized thoughts. Physicians reviewing the pre-visit conversation information gained more time for collaborative care and shared decision-making instead of digging through data.
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