# Enabling a new model for healthcare with AI co-clinician

DevFeed: [Enabling a new model for healthcare with AI co-clinician](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/enabling-a-new-model-for-healthcare-with-ai-co-clinician-6135.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://deepmind.google/blog/ai-co-clinician/>)

Author: Alan Karthikesalingam; Vivek Natarajan; Pushmeet Kohli

Published: 2026-04-30T12:14:15Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Google DeepMind News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/google-deepmind-news.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

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## AI overview

Google DeepMind describes research into an AI co-clinician for AI-augmented healthcare. The system uses a dual-agent architecture in which a Planner monitors a Talker agent for clinical safety, while retrieval evidence is verified and citations are checked.

## Source excerpt

Researching the path to AI-augmented care and development of an AI co-clinician.