Nvidia and Hippocratic AI Develop AI Healthcare Agents to Augment Nurses
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Nvidia and Hippocratic AI collaborate to develop AI "agents" for healthcare that outperform human nurses in tasks like identifying medication impacts, comparing lab values, etc.
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The AI agents demonstrate more empathy and human connection in patient video calls than human nurses.
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In testing, the agents beat nurses in accuracy in identifying medication interactions (79% vs 63%), allowed OTC medications (88% vs 45%), comparing lab values (96% vs 93%), and detecting toxic OTC dosages (81% vs 57%).
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The AI agents help address healthcare worker shortages and cost only $9 per hour compared to a median $39.05 per hour for human nurses.
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The technology aims to usher in an "age of abundance in healthcare" with more access, equity and better patient outcomes.