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Throughout my career in medicine, a central challenge has been connecting people \u2014 whether patients, families, trainees, or clinicians \u2014 to the right health information at the right time. Today at our annual health event, The Check Up, we shared how AI is helping to make healthcare more helpful, complex information more accessible, and clinician\u2019s learning more impactful \u2014 all in collaboration with partners who are leading the way.<\/p>\n
Today we announced efforts for a series of AI initiatives aimed at making healthcare more accessible. As a part of this, we\u2019re exploring work with leaders in Arkansas, including the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine and Heartland Whole Health Institute to help pioneer a model for rural health transformation.<\/p>\n
We hope this work can serve as a blueprint for improving health outcomes nationally and globally by focusing on clinician education, care delivery and health research while building on our existing investments and collaborations in rural health. Nearly half of the world\u2019s population lives in rural areas, contributing to the estimated 2 billion people in these regions who lack access to essential healthcare services \u2014 more than double the figure in urban areas.<\/p>\n
Having spent many years teaching at the bedside, I know today\u2019s trainees will be the first to practice in a world fundamentally reshaped by AI. That\u2019s why Google.org is committing $10 million to fund organizations that will collaborate to reimagine clinician education in the AI era, with the goal of improving high-quality, person-centered care. The Council of Medical Specialty Societies and the American Academy of Nursing are the first of several organizations who will support this work.<\/p>\n
For us, that also means working to continuously improve products like Search where people ask more than a billion health questions every day. And it means using AI to make information more helpful and reliable, including for the next generation of healthcare workers.<\/p>\n
On YouTube \u2014 where health-related videos have surpassed 1 trillion views globally \u2014 AI is creating new ways to support clinician learning. On eligible health videos, an \u201cAsk\u2019 button lets people interact with information more personally. A first-year medical student, for example, can ask to \u201cexplain this concept in simple terms,\u201d instantly translating complex medical topics into accessible language they can understand and share with their communities.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re also experimenting with AI as a brainstorming partner to organize peer-reviewed scientific information and suggest ways to present complex information to broad audiences.<\/p>\n