NVIDIA and Hippocratic AI have unveiled an AI assistant for medical workers, aimed at addressing staff shortages in the healthcare sector.
NVIDIA has collaborated with Hippocratic AI to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant for healthcare that outperforms other major language models and human nurses in various tasks. The primary objective of the project is to alleviate the shortage of medical personnel worldwide.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the world could face a shortage of up to 10 million health workers by 2030, primarily in low- and middle-income countries. The shortage of medical personnel is already evident today in remote and rural areas, including highly developed countries like the USA and Australia.
The utilization of artificial intelligence holds promise in resolving the issue of a scarcity of qualified personnel in healthcare. Hippocratic AI, under the leadership of Munjal Shah, Founder and CEO, has partnered with NVIDIA to develop AI assistants capable of real-time communication with patients. Leveraging NVIDIA technologies, they ensure high-speed processing and low latency in speech processing.
The Polaris platform, pioneered by Hippocratic, has emerged as the first secure language model for patient communication with artificial intelligence. Collaborating with several specialized agents, they undertake a variety of tasks such as patient care, social work, and nutrition, thereby enhancing safety and minimizing potential errors.