Doctors have begun using artificial intelligence to obtain reference information when diagnosing and choosing treatment tactics. According to the developers of the IQDOC medical search engine, in the period from February 6 to March 16, 2026, the system received 25,000 clinical requests from 3,886 users. At the same time, 87% of requests concerned the diagnosis and management of patients.
Therapists are more likely than other doctors to seek advice from artificial intelligence, according to statistics from the creators of IQDOC. The main topics of requests are the diagnosis and management of patients with hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and stroke.
A separate notable block of requests is related to the safety of treatment: doctors clarify whether it is possible to prescribe drugs for problems with the kidneys, liver, or during pregnancy. Experts explain that AI, as in other professions, is becoming an important tool, but the final decision should remain with the specialist.
Medtech company "IQDOC" has collected statistics on the operation of the specialized medical AI search engine IQDOC. The system operates using RAG technology — generation augmented by search: it answers questions based on a database of clinical guidelines from the Ministry of Health and regulatory documents. Access to the system is only available to doctors, medical workers, medical students, and pharmacists.
Therapists most often turned to AI — they submitted 5,400 questions, or 21.9% of the total number. Anesthesiologists-resuscitators with a share of 9.3%, cardiologists — 8.3%, neurologists — 5.9%, pediatricians — 5.5%, surgeons — 4.9%, oncologists — 4.5%, gastroenterologists — 3.7% and endocrinologists — 3.0% were also among the most active users.
The ten most popular topics included arterial hypertension with 656 requests, atrial fibrillation — 351, stroke — 292, pneumonia — 286, chronic heart failure — 285, anemia — 260, coronary heart disease — 254, diabetes mellitus — 245, ARVI — 244 and chronic kidney disease — 225.
According to the Ministry of Health, more than 50 medical devices using artificial intelligence technologies are registered in Russia, 49 of which are domestic.