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Microsoft takes step toward 'medical superintelligence', MIT, Mass General Brigham launch joint seed program + more · Becker’s Healthcare Digital Health + Health IT

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  This is Naomi Diaz with the Becker's Digital
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  Health podcast.
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  Here's your daily industry news briefing for today,
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  June 30.
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  First,
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  Mustafa
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  Suleiman,
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  CEO of Microsoft's
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  AI arm, says the tech giant has taken
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  a genuine step toward medical superintelligence,
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  Wire reported June 30.
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  In a recent test,
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  Microsoft's new AI system called the MAI Diagnostic
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  Orchestrator
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  correctly diagnosed patient cases eighty percent of the
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  time.
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  The experiment tested whether the tool could correctly
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  diagnose a pay patient with an ailment, mimicking
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  work typically done by a human physician.
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  According to the company, the results from the
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  tool are four times better than the human
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  physicians in the study who reached the correct
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  answer twenty percent of the time.
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  The tool doesn't rely rely on just one
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  system. Instead, it brings together several AI models,
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  including OpenAI's
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  GPT,
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  Google's Gemini, and others that work together like
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  a team of medical experts debating a case.
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  Microsoft tested the tool using more than 300
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  clinical case studies from the New England Journal
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  of Medicine.
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  Along with diagnosing more accurately,
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  the AI system also saved money by picking
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  less expensive diagnostic tests.
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  Microsoft said it reduced cost by about 20%
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  of simulations.
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  Microsoft has not decided if the tool will
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  be used in hospitals or made available to
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  the public, but one possibility is adding it
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  to Bing's search engine to help people understand
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  symptoms.
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  Before that, experts say it needs to be
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  tested in clinical trials to evaluate how it
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  performs in real life care.
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  Second,
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  MIT and NASH General Brigham have launched a
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  new seed program aimed at accelerating innovation in
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  health care by funding collaborative research projects between
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  the two institutions.
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  The MIT MGB seed program announced in a
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  June 27 news release will support joint efforts
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  in area like areas like diagnostics, therapeutics, and
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  digital health tools.
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  The initiative is backed by a philanthropic
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  gift from Analog Devices
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  and will fund about six projects per year
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  for three years.
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  The goal according to the news release is
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  to help bring scientific breakthroughs out of the
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  lab and into clinical settings faster.
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  Teams selected for funding will also gain access
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  to entrepreneurial
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  training through MIT's tough tech accelerator, the engine,
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  which connects researchers with investors and industry experts.
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  The first round of projects is expected to
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  launch in fall twenty twenty five.
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  A joint review panel from both institutions will
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  choose the recipients.
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  Third,
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  Mayo Clinic has received a $50,000,000
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  donation from Florida philanthropists,
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  Gliltres and Amy Burt, a gift dedicated to
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  the health system's innovation efforts.
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  The money will support Mayo's Innovation Exchange, a
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  program that helps health care start ups and
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  entrepreneurs bring new technologies to patients.
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  In recognition of the donation, the program will
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  be renamed the Mayo Clinic Berg Innovation Exchange
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  according to a June 30 news release.
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  The Innovation Exchange serves as a hub for
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  global collaboration,
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  bringing together experts in AI, digital health, product
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  design, and more. It has a footprint on
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  six continents and supports startups working on tools
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  and diagnostics, therapeutics, and medical devices according to
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  Mayo Clinic.
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  The Birks have been involved in the Innovation
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  Exchange since its launch in 2019.
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  Their donation will help the program ground early
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  stage research, expand mentoring opportunities,
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  and connect entrepreneurs with resources at Mayo Clinic.
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