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OpenEvidence answers doctors' questions by drawing on peer-reviewed medical research and treatment guidelines. The platform is free to clinicians in the United States and Europe.
Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic and medical knowledge platform OpenEvidence are collaborating to bring AI-powered clinical decision support to physicians in regions without access to the technology, the companies said on Tuesday. OpenEvidence answers doctors' questions by drawing on peer-reviewed medical research and treatment guidelines. The platform is free to clinicians in the United States and Europe. The new initiative is a specialized version available to healthcare providers for free in dozens of low- and middle-income countries where limited access to medical literature, specialist expertise and continuing medical education can impair patient care.
Healthcare systems worldwide are exploring whether generative AI can help address shortages of physicians and specialists. Supporters argue that AI tools can help clinicians quickly navigate vast amounts of medical information, while critics caution that systems trained primarily on data from high-income countries may not reflect local practice conditions. The initiative is being rolled out in about 100 countries, including Uganda, Angola, Sudan, Haiti, and Mongolia, according to a list provided by OpenEvidence. "Access to medical knowledge shouldn't depend on geography," OpenEvidence founder Daniel Nadler said. Reuters reported last week that Anthropic had built a lab to do physical biology work as it pushes its artificial intelligence ambitions into drug science and as fears of AI's reach grip the public, with some executives and lawmakers calling for a slowdown in development.
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