New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- The government is moving to deploy an AI-powered "clinical decision support tool" across nearly 70,000 public and private hospitals to standardise quality of care and reduce medical errors.

The tool, dubbed "smart doctor", has been developed by AIIMS New Delhi and will be rolled out under the government's flagship programme Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) across all Indian hospitals, said two officials and a document reviewed by Mint.

The clinical decision support system (CDSS) acts as a highly intelligent digital assistant for doctors and is designed to help treat long-term health issues by analyzing a patient's medical details and suggesting the best care plan.

CDSS advises doctors on the optimal drugs an...