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Cristian Garcia from Google DeepMind proposes every hospital patient should get a dedicated AI instance running 24/7 to assist doctors and catch overlooked information

Idea surfaced in talks about automating healthcare coordination roles.

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hospital patients should have an instance of deep think 24/7, aggregating results in real time, helping the doctors and nurses, doing everything it can to save their lives. how many patients die just because someone in the system is too busy or forgot something? we can do better the fact that electricity might be able to help save your life is fantastic, we need to make this the bare minimum requirement

11:22 AM · May 18, 2026 View on X

There is a whole job in the health care system whose job is to transfer information from one place to another. Recently had to deal with a scheduling coordinator. It turns out there are regular coordinators and more advanced coordinators. Regular coordinator dropped vital information, the advanced one did better. This feels automatable.

Cristian GarciaCristian Garcia@cgarciae88

hospital patients should have an instance of deep think 24/7, aggregating results in real time, helping the doctors and nurses, doing everything it can to save their lives. how many patients die just because someone in the system is too busy or forgot something? we can do better the fact that electricity might be able to help save your life is fantastic, we need to make this the bare minimum requirement

6:22 PM · May 18, 2026 · 1.2K Views
6:27 PM · May 18, 2026 · 513 Views

who is working on this?

Cristian GarciaCristian Garcia@cgarciae88

hospital patients should have an instance of deep think 24/7, aggregating results in real time, helping the doctors and nurses, doing everything it can to save their lives. how many patients die just because someone in the system is too busy or forgot something? we can do better the fact that electricity might be able to help save your life is fantastic, we need to make this the bare minimum requirement

6:22 PM · May 18, 2026 · 1.2K Views
6:57 PM · May 18, 2026 · 442 Views

also, hospital should not be legally allowed to use AI as an excuse to hire less doctors

Cristian GarciaCristian Garcia@cgarciae88

hospital patients should have an instance of deep think 24/7, aggregating results in real time, helping the doctors and nurses, doing everything it can to save their lives. how many patients die just because someone in the system is too busy or forgot something? we can do better the fact that electricity might be able to help save your life is fantastic, we need to make this the bare minimum requirement

6:22 PM · May 18, 2026 · 1.2K Views
6:26 PM · May 18, 2026 · 150 Views