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Clalit and Google Partner for AI Health Assistant

Clalit Health Services has received a $2 million grant from Google.org to develop an AI health assistant for approximately 5 million patients.

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What happened

  1. 01Clalit received a $2 million grant from Google.org to develop an AI health assistant.
  2. 02The AI assistant will serve approximately 5 million Clalit patients.
  3. 03It will support voice interaction in multiple languages and dialects for tasks like appointment scheduling.
  4. 04The system will be accessible via phone for patients without internet or smartphones.
  5. 05The project aims to reduce medical staff workload and improve patient access to care.
  6. 06Clalit plans to release the AI architecture as open-source for global use.

The system will use Google Cloud technology and large language models to help patients with appointment scheduling, symptom triage, and managing care, supporting voice interaction in multiple languages and dialects. It will also be accessible via phone for those without internet or smartphones, aiming to improve patient access to healthcare services.

Translated and summarized by baba from Maariv, the latest report. Read Maariv’s original

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