China Debuts its First AI Hospital Town with 14 AI Doctors
Transforming Healthcare with Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been building a prominent position in various industries, and the healthcare sector is also in the line.
China has debuted the world’s first AI-powered hospital, “Agent Hospital,” marking a ground break in healthcare. Located in Beijing and developed by Tsinghua University researchers, the hospital has 14 AI doctors and four virtual nurses, with a goal to transform health care.
Patients and medical professionals make up the two key components of the simulated environment in Agent Hospital. GPT-3.5 generates their role information, which is infinitely expandable.
A number of educated medical professionals are needed to staff the different consultation and examination rooms at Agent Hospital. As a result, scientists have created a team consisting of 14 physicians and 4 nurses. Physician agents are responsible for making precise diagnoses and treatment recommendations, while nursing agents concentrate on providing day-to-day assistance.
With 14 AI doctors, the medical center can treat up to 10,000 patients in just a few days, drastically beating the capacity of human doctors, who would take two years to achieve this ratio.
Interviewing with the Global Times, Chinese researchers clarified the usefulness of this novel method in healthcare. For both medical experts and the general public, the idea of an AI hospital town, where AI doctors treat virtual patients, is profoundly significant.
Through a simulated environment, the AI hospital seeks to train doctor agents so they can become more adept at treating illnesses on their own and evolve on their own.
Liu Yang, the research team leader, believes that the agent hospital will also be able to predict and stimulate medical scenarios such as the next pandemic outbreak.
The report says the hospital will be operational by the end of 2024.
The AI program is anticipated to be initially implemented in medical universities to assist in the training of practicing doctors. Patients in hospitals all around China will eventually have access to the virtual physicians.
This innovation promises more accessible, efficient, and responsive healthcare, addressing rising demand and easing the strain on human providers.