The Beijing Municipal Health Commission yesterday issued the “Beijing Action Plan to Support the Development of Artificial Intelligence Applications in the Healthcare Sector” and “Certain Measures to Support the Innovation and Development of the Artificial Intelligence Industry in the Healthcare Sector in Beijing”. What key points does the document focus on, and what enlightenment can it bring to the development of the industry? The “Beijing Action Plan to Support the Development of Artificial Intelligence Applications in the Healthcare Sector” focuses on core application scenarios to assist clinical diagnosis and treatment, primary health care and health management, while broadening scenarios that enable public health management, intelligent management of medical institutions, intelligent industry supervision, and intelligent service scenarios for the public. It also puts forward three requirements for strengthening medical industry coordination, improving the level of safety capabilities, and improving the ethical and moral system. In particular, it clearly “prohibits artificial intelligence from completely replacing the professional judgment of medical personnel to ensure the rationality and humanistic care of medical decisions.”

The Beijing Municipal Health Commission yesterday issued the “Beijing Action Plan to Support the Development of Artificial Intelligence Applications in the Healthcare Sector” and “Certain Measures to Support the Innovation and Development of the Artificial Intelligence Industry in the Healthcare Sector in Beijing”. What key points does the document focus on, and what enlightenment can it bring to the development of the industry? The “Beijing Action Plan to Support the Development of Artificial Intelligence Applications in the Healthcare Sector” focuses on core application scenarios to assist clinical diagnosis and treatment, primary health care and health management, while broadening scenarios that enable public health management, intelligent management of medical institutions, intelligent industry supervision, and intelligent service scenarios for the public. It also puts forward three requirements for strengthening medical industry coordination, improving the level of safety capabilities, and improving the ethical and moral system. In particular, it clearly “prohibits artificial intelligence from completely replacing the professional judgment of medical personnel to ensure the rationality and humanistic care of medical decisions.”