Three Recommended, Publicly Released AI Medical Assistants Worth Using
With the development of AI technology, some very useful AI medical assistants have now appeared. These assistants can basically solve most of the small medical problems we encounter in daily life. If we master the skills of using AI medical assistants, seeking medical advice will become more convenient. I recommend to everyone the AI medical assistants that I myself have used recently and that have already been publicly released; I hope they will be helpful to readers.
First is "Health Advisor You'an" within Alibaba's large model "Tongyi." Everyone can download the "Tongyi" app from the app store. On the main screen, open the tools, and you will find "Health Advisor You'an" on the tools page. "Health Advisor You'an" is a very useful medical assistant; use it often in daily life and you may discover its powerful functions.
For example, after we finish tests in the hospital and cannot understand the results ourselves, while urgently wanting to know what those results mean, we can send photos of the reports to "Health Advisor You'an." I have tested it many times; it can interpret various test reports for us very accurately and give corresponding explanations and medical advice. Its interpretive level is basically no different from that of a professional doctor, and it explains in more detail than most doctors, without ever becoming impatient due to time pressure.
Second is the recently very popular DeepSeek. Everyone can also download DeepSeek from the app store. DeepSeek's functions are truly very powerful. If we need to know how a certain disease is treated, we can describe the condition in detail, and DeepSeek can give very professional opinions. I have also tested it many times; it is really very useful.
But when describing the problem, the more detailed we are the better. For example, we can ask DeepSeek how small-cell lung cancer with lymph-node and bone metastases should be treated, rather than vaguely asking how lung cancer should be treated. Because there are many kinds of lung cancer: there is small-cell lung cancer and non-small-cell lung cancer, and non-small-cell lung cancer in turn includes squamous-cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and large-cell lung cancer. For the same type of lung cancer, different stages require different treatment plans; if you ask AI vaguely, it cannot give a precise answer.
The more detailed we ask DeepSeek, the more complete the treatment opinions DeepSeek can give; the quality of these opinions can rival the reply we get when consulting a specialist at a specialized hospital.
Third is "Zhang Zhongjing" within "Doubao." Everyone can download "Doubao" from the app store, then search for "Zhang Zhongjing" among the Doubao AI agents. The Zhang Zhongjing in Doubao's AI agent ecosystem is perhaps the fastest-developing TCM AI agent at present; it can not only prescribe formulas based on the patient's description but also patiently follow up with the patient. Better TCM AI agents may appear in the future; please stay tuned.
Note that when interacting with a TCM AI, you had better describe your symptoms honestly. For example, tell the AI that you have a headache, runny nose, fever, aversion to cold, cough, and so on; do not communicate with the TCM AI agent using vague, unclear terminology. Some patients, when consulting a real doctor, also like to say, "Doctor, I have kidney yin deficiency; how should I treat it?" I generally do not answer such consultations. I do not know what psychology leads patients to use terms like kidney yin deficiency; such terms leave doctors completely bewildered and unable to give accurate medication advice. Whether it is a real doctor or an AI doctor, the most detailed symptoms are needed to judge the patient's problem more accurately.
If the patient describes their symptoms in detail, they usually receive the most professional and effective help. AI doctors, like real doctors, need to judge what has gone wrong in the patient's body based on detailed symptoms, and then help the patient solve the problem.
AI medical assistants are valued for quality, not quantity. My own experience using the above three AI medical assistants has been very good, and I am satisfied with the help they have provided me. I also hope these can help readers. Most of the questions patients ask me in my daily work can, I think, basically be answered by these AI tools. Patients or their families using free AI tools need not always trouble their doctor friends, nor spend money—why not?
AI can free real doctors from these trivial matters, allowing them to engage in more meaningful work. I personally very much welcome the application of AI technology in the medical field and am willing to promote it.