Medical research

Microsoft diagnostic system reports greater accuracy and lower testing costs

mustafasuleyman said Microsoft's MAI Diagnostic system achieved 1.7x the accuracy of physicians in the emergency department, including physicians with web access. The account said the work was published in Science and reported lower costs and fewer medical tests.

EricTopol described a 3-agent system for sequential diagnosis evaluated on more than 300 NEJM clinical-pathological cases and more than 300 emergency-room cases. He reported higher accuracy and substantially lower costs, including comparisons with physicians using AI and with other AI models.