Google and BIDMC study appears in The Lancet: AI chatbot AMIE used for pre-visit assessment

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A study led by researchers from Google and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) appeared in The Lancet’s flagship journal, marking the first time Google research has been published there. In a real-world clinical study at BIDMC’s outpatient primary-care clinic, 98 patients used Google’s research diagnostic AI chatbot AMIE for pre-visit assessment before their emergency visits. Doctors monitored every interaction in real time, and none had to be interrupted under the predefined safety criteria.

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