Bridging gaps in rural health care with AI-powered mobile clinics

The AI agent will see you now

Vans equipped somewhere between a doctor’s office and hospital, with an AI agent to guide medical generalists through unfamiliar diagnoses and procedures, could improve access to health care in rural areas.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, is investing in the development of such a clinic, with the University of Michigan leading one of two large teams designing and building the AI component.

Even before rural hospitals began scaling…