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Israeli hospital becomes first outside the US to partner with OpenAI on health tech
The deal with Sheba Medical Centre's innovation arm with give the hospital access to revolutionary new AI healthcare models
Israel’s largest hospital has become the first outside the United States to partner with one of the world’s foremost AI companies, giving it access to healthcare technology specifically designed to help doctors planning treatments.
As reported by Calcalist, Sheba Medical Centre in Ramat Gan has signed a deal with OpenAI, which will give the hospital’s doctors access to the tech company’s cutting edge AI healthcare models. Specialists will be able to provide information about specific cases and receive advice which takes into account a wide range of medical literature, journal studies and citations, designed to enable them to make the most effective decisions for the benefit of their patients.
Open AI for Healthcare and ChatGPT Health were both launched in January, and are currently only available at a small number of American hospitals.
The deal was signed between Sheba’s innovation arm, ARC, and OpenAI’s head of health, Nate Gross, according to Calcalist. ARC was set up in 2019 by Sheba to advance the hospital’s digital medical innovation, and was specifically designed to work with tech start-ups in a healthcare setting.
Prof. Eyal Zimlichman, Chief Innovation and AI Officer at Sheba and founder and director of ARC, said: “We are not just implementing AI in medicine but building a fully AI-powered hospital, and providing secure access to the world’s most advanced AI is a decisive step in that transformation.
“Physicians, nurses, and researchers at Sheba will now have a powerful clinical reasoning tool at their fingertips, one that surfaces the best available evidence in seconds, reduces administrative burden and burnout, and frees clinicians to focus on what matters most: their patients.”
OpenAI described how “we are excited to collaborate with Sheba to make advanced AI capabilities available to doctors, researchers, and healthcare professionals. The healthcare system is one of the fields where artificial intelligence can have the greatest impact.”
Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs described how, thanks to the deal, “Israeli doctors and researchers will help shape the next generation of AI-powered healthcare.
“The future of AI in medicine is being shaped in Israel.”
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