STAT+: MDCalc launches a ‘rumble strip’ for doctors using generative AI tools

MDCalc, a reputable medical reference tool platform, announced the introduction of CrossCover on Wednesday. The company claims that this new tool is designed to assist healthcare professionals in trusting the responses generated by medical AI chatbots, all while maintaining the privacy of both patients and providers. Graham Walker, the head of AI at MDCalc, expressed the company's perspective on the tool as an "accelerator" for clinical generative AI.

Walker elaborated, "We can address some of the challenges and risks associated with the technology, thereby fostering greater confidence among physicians in utilizing it." Unlike other medical AI platforms such as OpenEvidence, Abridge, and Epic, which strive to integrate a broad array of patient, provider, and payer data into their recommendations, CrossCover takes a distinct approach.

Instead of mandating clinicians to register using their national identification numbers or attempting to reduce risk by establishing privacy agreements that permit clinicians to input protected patient health information, MDCalc's tool concentrates on eliminating such sensitive data from clinicians' queries. For more details, read the full story at STAT+.