AI has proven useful for many tasks such as web search, summarisation, problem solving, and so on. It has also made strides within healthcare. Unfortunately, this is a critical field that relies on speed and accuracy of information. Traditional, general-purpose AI tools often stumble when faced with domain-specific challenges like medical jargon, image interpretation, and hallucinations. Google’s newest offerings, MedGemma and MedSigLIP, are designed from the ground up for medicine. Specialized models such as these decrease the risk of hallucinations and improve trust in the AI. Small and medium-sized medical practices can deploy these or other similar models to provide safer and more reliable AI support for staff.
A Look at the Models
MedGemma and MedSigLIP are purpose-built to handle medical text and images with precision, unlike general-purpose AI that may struggle with this task. The following breakdown highlights what each model …