Google Research at The Check Up: from healthcare innovation to real-world care settings

Google Research · 3 months ago

Google Research presented multiple AI applications in healthcare, including a Personal Health Agent that outperforms single-task health apps, and an AI system that identified 25% of previously missed interval cancers in breast cancer screening. The company has deployed screening models for diabetic retinopathy across India, Thailand and Australia, conducting over one million screenings, and launched open-weight medical models (MedGemma) available to developers and healthcare providers worldwide. These advances aim to shift AI from a tool to a clinical collaborator that improves diagnostic accuracy, reduces clinician workload, and democratizes healthcare technology access globally.