Discussion keeps the world turning.
For years, getting kids the right care meant heading to a big city hospital.
Local clinics perhaps just didn't feel trustworthy enough.
But now doctors and tech teams have joined forces to give community physicians AI backup systems.
You can think of those like a second opinion that never checks out.
Could this be the game changer that keeps families closer to home and still gets the diagnosis right?
We're live from our studios in Beijing.
This is Round Table.
I'm Steve Hatherly.
Thanks for being with us today.
And for the show, I'm with Yuxian and Xinyu.
First up.
For years, one of the biggest challenges in pediatric care wasn't the technology, but the geography.
In many places, parents still travel to major hospitals
because they worry that local clinics might miss something important.
But what if expert level support could stay local instead of patients having to leave?
That question led to an unusual collaboration between doctors and AI developers.
Building an AI pediatrician designed not to replace doctors, but to help more children get quality care closer to home.
So could AI become the extra pair of eyes, if you will, that health care systems have been missing?
We're going to talk about that and more, Xinyu and Yuxing.