Health systems worldwide are striving for better outcomes, lower costs, and an improved experience for both patients and clinicians. However, progress is constrained by a global shortage of clinical experts, with the World Health Organization predicting a shortfall of more than 10 million health workers by 2030. While AI is often seen as the key to bridging this gap, it has not yet been able to fully meet the needs of clinicians and patients. That's why, today, we are announcing our AI co-clinician research initiative, to explore how AI could better amplify doctors’ expertise and deliver higher quality care to patients. At Google DeepMind, our journey in medical AI has evolved from mastering examination-style tests of medical knowledge with MedPaLM , to matching physician performance in text-based simulated medical consultations with AMIE , including in real-world feasibility trial settings. We also have a long history of studying how clinicians and AI systems might work together .…