One in four Americans has used an artificial intelligence tool or chatbot for health information or advice, mainly as a supplemental tool for their care, a recent West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America found. Health organizations and technology companies increasingly ae teaming up to deliver reliable, actionable information.
Mayo Clinic and Microsoft this week announced a strategic collaboration to develop and deploy a frontier AI model designed specifically for health care, making Mayo Clinic's knowledge, expertise and integrated model of care available to more people when and where they need it. The collaboration combines Mayo Clinic's global health care knowledge with Microsoft's advanced AI. Together, the organizations are developing a frontier AI model capable of supporting the broadest scope of clinical reasoning and health care use cases.
"Mayo Clinic is committed to putting patients first, and we have long believed AI can help transform health care," said Dr. Gianrico Farrugia, president and CEO of Mayo Clinic. "Now, by combining our clinical expertise and data foundation with Microsoft's engineering and AI capabilities, we are once again building something new in health care and bringing more of Mayo Clinic to more patients."
The model is designed to synthesize diverse clinical data to support earlier diagnoses, more-personalized treatment decisions and better patient outcomes. By expanding access to actionable insights and supporting care teams in complex decision making, the collaboration aims to address some of health care's most challenging problems. Mayo Clinic will own the AI model, and Microsoft plans to make it available to organizations worldwide to access advanced health care AI capabilities designed to better support patients, clinicians and consumers.
"Frontier medical intelligence is around the corner," said Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI. "This is the best collaboration imaginable to help us accelerate toward that future. Mayo has unparalleled clinical expertise, deidentified clinical health data and longitudinal medical insights, and we're thrilled to partner with their world-class physicians to build a state-of-the-art foundation model for health care."
The partnership comes as health care AI adoption accelerates. Last month, Anthropic and the Gates Foundation, backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, committed $200 million over four years to expand AI tools for health care and education, including projects focused on medical research and health care access.
"The broader picture is one of a health care landscape in transition, with AI shaping how many Americans prepare for, engage with and reflect on their health care experiences," the West Health-Gallup survey report concluded. "As Americans utilize AI-generated health information or advice, including in contexts where questions about accuracy and appropriate use may arise, health care systems will need to adapt to how these tools are being incorporated into the health care journey."
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