Nature Medicine：对话式 AI 在基层医疗接受实测

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• 23 October 2026

A patient-facing conversational AI showed promising feasibility and safety in a single-center primary care setting, providing a basis for larger-scale evaluation.

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Many primary care facilities are overwhelmed and under-resourced. Conversational artificial intelligence (AI) models could help alleviate this pressure, but evidence in support of their safety in real-world, patient-facing settings is scarce.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41591-026-00054-y

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