Anthropic and medical knowledge platform OpenEvidence announced a collaboration on Tuesday to bring free AI-powered clinical decision support to physicians across nearly 100 low- and middle-income countries.
Closing The Information Gap
According to a Reuters report, OpenEvidence founder Daniel Nadler said, “Access to medical knowledge shouldn’t depend on geography.”
OpenEvidence answers physicians’ questions using peer-reviewed research and treatment guidelines. The platform is already free for clinicians in the U.S. and Europe. The initiative will use Anthropic’s technology for back-end support, while OpenEvidence adapts the tool to local healthcare conditions. It will roll out free of charge in nations including Uganda, Angola, Sudan, Haiti and Mongolia, the companies said.
Anthropic will provide back-end AI infrastructure, while OpenEvidence customizes the tool for regional disease patterns and diagnostic resources, the companies said. Nadler told Reuters the platform is “context adaptive,” noting many physicians in underserved areas lack reliable electricity but do have smartphones.
Domestic Demand
U.S. clinicians logged 42 million OpenEvidence consultations in August alone, Nadler said, according to the report.
Anthropic President Daniela Amodei told Reuters, “The technology itself has advanced so dramatically that the sort of structure needed for [bringing OpenEvidence to low-resource regions] is there, but the market incentives alone would not let it happen without this type of entrepreneurial, philanthropically minded work.”
Recently, Anthropic has separately partnered with Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE:NVO) to accelerate drug research using AI.
Anthropic did not immediately respond to Benzinga’s request for comment.
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