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  "title": "Microsoft develops AI tool that can diagnose 'sequentially' like a doctor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/microsoft-develops-ai-tool-that-can-diagnose-sequentially-like-a-16149657",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-23T03:06:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-develops-ai-tool-that-can-diagnose-sequentially-like-a-doctor/articleshow/135132770.cms"
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  "account": "Microsoft researchers have developed an AI tool that diagnoses patients step by step, mirroring the approach taken by medical doctors. According to a study published in Science, the model was more than twice as accurate as general physicians in solving complex medical cases, as detailed in a report. The AI tool employs an \"orchestrator\" to organize the diagnostic process, coordinating which questions to ask, exams and tests to order, and how the AI will tackle a problem. Unlike existing medical AI models that examine all symptoms, lab results, and imaging studies simultaneously, this model first assesses the patient's history and the significance of physical exams before determining necessary tests and updating its hypotheses accordingly. In trials involving over 300 unusual and confusing medical cases, the AI model outperformed human physicians using textbooks and the internet, demonstrating greater accuracy in working up patients and determining diagnoses. The tool also proved superior when presented with scenarios from a major database of emergency room admissions. The researchers found that the orchestrator's approach led to more cost-effective diagnostic processes compared to methods employed by human doctors. The collaboration with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston will involve further testing the tool's ability to triage patients in emergency department waiting rooms.",
  "summary": "Microsoft researchers say an AI tool that diagnoses patients step by step, as doctors do, was more than twice as accurate as general physicians at solving complex medical cases, according to a study published on Thursday in Science.",
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        "title": "Microsoft develops AI tool that can diagnose 'sequentially' like a doctor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/microsoft-develops-ai-tool-that-can-diagnose-sequentially-like-a-16153270",
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