Google.org Grants Clalit $2 Million for AI Healthcare Access System
Summarized from The Jerusalem Post by baba
Google.org has granted Clalit Health Services $2 million to develop a multilingual AI system aimed at improving patient access to healthcare. The two-year project will create a conversational AI platform to help Clalit's five million members schedule appointments, complete intake forms, and receive guidance. The system will use voice-based AI and large language models to overcome access barriers for underserved populations and will be accessible via various devices. Clalit plans a pilot program before a national rollout and may release parts of the system as open-source tools.
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- Google.org awarded Clalit Health Services a $2 million grant for AI healthcare access system development.
- The AI system will help Clalit's 5 million members schedule appointments and access care in multiple languages.
- The platform will use voice-based AI and large language models to serve diverse patient populations.
- It aims to overcome barriers for patients with limited internet access or non-web-enabled devices.
- Clalit plans a pilot program before national rollout and may release system architecture as open-source.
- Prof. Eitan Wirtheim, CEO of Clalit, emphasized tailored care in patients' languages.
- Boaz Maoz of Google Cloud Israel noted AI's potential to solve healthcare access barriers.
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