Healthcare Enters an Era of "Thinking and Circulating with AI"

MedTech Group Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Kiyotaka Maeda, hereinafter referred to as MedTech G), a company specializing in medical AI and hospital AI PMO, has launched its AI platform "AI Hippo," equipped with a new AI function called "Medical Loop." This function is designed to support decision-making in medical settings.

■ Background - Structural Challenges in Medical Settings

The following challenges are becoming increasingly severe in current medical settings:

• "Personalization" where physician judgment depends on individuals.

• "Non-integration of knowledge" where guidelines, cases, and in-hospital insights are fragmented.

• "Loneliness of judgment" during night shifts and emergency responses.

• Chronic increase in burden and loss of余裕 (leeway/time) for healthcare professionals.

While traditional medical AI has focused on "diagnostic support" and "operational efficiency," these alone have not led to fundamental solutions for the challenges faced in the field.

■ Solution - A New Concept: Medical Loop

"Medical Loop" is an AI function designed as a cycle (Loop) that "accumulates → structures → reuses" all information generated during medical practice.

■ Main Features

■ Clinical Guideline Loop

Presents reliable medical information based on the content and context of the consultation. It supports medical professionals' decision-making, enhancing the quality and speed of care.

■ Clinical Log Loop (SOAP Integration)

Automatically generates medical records (SOAP) and nursing records from voice input, structuring the clinical content. It creates summaries based on accumulated data, supporting continuous care and information sharing.

■ Chat Hippo (In-hospital AI Staff Officer)

Acts as a partner for healthcare professionals, available anytime to consult on questions related to clinical practice or operations. It operates within a secure in-hospital environment, and data is not used for external learning.

■ Drive Loop (Medical Knowledge Circulation Platform)

A knowledge base that accumulates and shares insights generated within the hospital, feeding them back into future medical practice. It supports improvements in medical quality and organizational learning.

■ Concept - Human in the Loop

The core philosophy of this product is "Human in the Loop (AI centered on humans)."

Instead of AI replacing diagnosis,

■ It expands the thinking of medical professionals.

■ It enhances the quality and speed of judgment.

It functions as an "AI Staff Officer.".

■ Implementation Effects (Expected Value)

l Establishment of an environment that supports medical professionals' decision-making.

l Standardization and advancement of the quality of medical care.

l Support for the education and training of healthcare professionals, including doctors and nurses.

l Sharing and reuse of knowledge through the accumulation of clinical and nursing data.

l Asset creation of medical data and its utilization for management.

■ Future Development

With Medical Loop at its core, AI Hippo aims to:

■ Build an AI foundation that supports the clinical and operational aspects of the entire hospital.

■ Integrate with medical data platforms (IDX) for data accumulation, visualization, and analysis.

This will lead to "