The 'large language model' that Google has been building for the medical world now consistently passes medical exam questions with a score of 85%, placing it at 'expert' doctor level, the company said.
Google's system is being trained to "retrieve medical knowledge, accurately answer medical questions, and provide reasoning," the company says."There’s still a lot of work to be done to make sure [Med-PaLM 2] can work in real-world settings," reads afrom Yossi Matias, a Google vice president of engineering and research, and Greg Corrado, its head of health AI.
Google found "significant gaps" when the tool was "tested against 14 criteria — including scientific factuality, precision, medical consensus, reasoning, bias and harm," per the post. "We look forward to working with researchers and the global medical community to close these gaps and understand how this technology can help improve health delivery."has called hundreds of thousands of U.S. health care providers to see if they accept Medicaid. The results are being displayed in Google Search, ahead of a March 31 re-enrollment deadline.
Google Search results will also soon highlight "providers that identify as community health centers offering free or low-cost care," the companyAnd an improved version of Fitbit's health metrics dashboard will soon be available — in some cases without a subscription — to help people map changes and trends in their breathing rate, skin temperature and blood oxygen."The future of health is consumer-driven," Karen DeSalvo, Google's chief health officer, told reporters.
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