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China's Overstretched Health Care Looks to AI Boom
China integrates AI and robotics in hundreds of hospitals to improve healthcare access and efficiency amid rising demand from an aging population, officials say.
- Recently, China has accelerated digitisation in healthcare, with over 100 AI projects and AQ app boasting more than 100 million users, as the plan approaches.
- China's vast population and uneven care distribution have created pressure, with ageing citizens increasing health system stress and urgency driving rapid pilots through state-industry alignment.
- Hospitals and specialised models are already using AI tools, with Chatbot DeepSeek in hundreds of hospitals and CardioMind and PANDA aiding cardiology and cancer detection.
- Patients report the apps reduce direct queries to doctors and broaden medical access, while volunteers like Yan Sulian help older patients adapt because some struggle with smartphones.
- Developers foresee major shifts within three to five years, while the October framework urges rapid application and Dr Duan warned, `We must always remember can hallucinate.
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