Seattle Children’s partnered with Google Cloud to develop an AI-powered tool called Pathway Assistant.
The tool, built using Google’s Gemini models on its Vertex AI platform, is designed to help healthcare providers quickly access and apply critical medical information. Traditionally, retrieving such data could take up to 15 minutes. With Pathway Assistant, clinicians can pull information from clinical standard work pathways in seconds, according to an April 7 news release from Google.
The tool builds on Seattle Children’s clinical effectiveness program, which includes CSW pathways for more than 70 diagnoses. The hospital has used these standardized protocols since 2010.
More than 50 clinicians collaborated to refine the AI tool. Early pilots suggest it may reduce administrative burden and improve both provider efficiency and patient outcomes.
