Google launched Tuesday Gemini for healthcare, an agentic artificial intelligence platform aimed at connecting complex clinical, financial and administrative workflows used by healthcare providers and payers.
The platform was developed alongside clinical and health plan leaders and is built to support HIPAA compliance, the tech giant said.
“The fundamental challenge in healthcare isn't a lack of information—it's the immense friction of making that data actionable across a highly regulated ecosystem," said Thomas Kurian, Google Cloud CEO, in a statement. “By working directly alongside our healthcare customers, we've built a platform that resolves chronic bottlenecks so that the industry can put its focus entirely back on human health.”
There are four main components to the “integrated, fully governed” system: skills for healthcare work, connectors to various administrative systems, open healthcare partner ecosystem and a secure, governed platform with open model choice.
It directly integrates with electronic health records (EHRs), billing systems, security and compliance platforms, clinical guidelines and workflows, coding, enterprise productivity platforms and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) datasets.
Gemini for healthcare is available in preview as of Nov. 10. Gemini Enterprise Standard and Gemini Enterprise Plus customers will be able to access the platform, and can choose between per-user subscriptions and pay-as-you-go pricing.
Dozens of companies from all corners of the industry are partnering with Google on the launch, including GoodRx, Epic, IMO Health, Oracle Health, Infinitus, Suki and more.
Infinitus CEO Ankit Jain told Fierce Healthcare the opportunity for healthcare AI is “much bigger than making existing workflows faster or more efficient.”
“It's about fundamentally changing what's possible—enabling healthcare organizations to support more patients, move care forward faster, and deliver at a scale that wasn't possible before,” Jain said. “But that requires AI that can do more than answer questions. It needs to take action, navigate complex systems, and handle the administrative work that too often gets in the way of patients getting care.”
Jain continued, “That's what this partnership with Google Cloud represents. By bringing Infinitus agents into Gemini for healthcare, we're making it easier for healthcare teams to put AI to work on the processes that connect patients to care. It's another step toward a future where more people get the care they need, without the complexity of the healthcare system standing in their way.”
Several major health systems have also teamed up with Google for the launch, including HCA Healthcare and Northwell Health. Other organizations include Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, American Society of Clinical Oncology and Highmark Health.
“Making it easier for physicians to access and understand a patient’s medical history helps them spend less time gathering information and more time focused on patient care,” said Michael Schlosser, M.D., HCA Healthcare EVP and chief clinical officer, in a statement. “Through our work with Google Cloud, we’re exploring how Gemini can interpret and synthesize complex patient information from multiple electronic health record systems and care settings, connecting data from different sources to give clinicians a more complete and cohesive understanding of a patient’s medical history.”