AI is becoming the front door to healthcare, from Doubao to Ant AQ to ChatGPT Health
The piece traces AI's shift into the first stop for health questions: by March 2026 China's AI-native apps reached 446 million monthly users, with Doubao at 345 million, while Ant launched standalone AI health app AQ in June 2025 and by 2026 reported more than 100 million users and over 10 million health consultations a day. OpenAI said more than 230 million people a week asked ChatGPT health questions when ChatGPT Health launched in January 2026, rising past 300 million by July. The article stresses that AI handles pre-visit questioning and record organisation while diagnosis and treatment advice stay with doctors — a line both JD Health and OpenAI explicitly keep.
If pre-visit consultations keep migrating to AI assistants and wearables, online health platforms' doctor, hospital, pharmacy and insurance resources may be reorganised around users' long-term health data.
2025 年底，我去医院看感冒，医生说我是风寒。
我跟他说：“豆包说我是热感冒，您看……”
话还没说完，就被医生打断了，最后确诊还是风寒，那一次我差点吃错药。
今年再去医院结果又说顺嘴了：“豆包帮我看了最近一周的平均血压，建议我来看看……。”
这回医生对我挺好，还让我坐下慢慢说。
AI成了线上医疗市场的鲶鱼
2025 年初 ，DeepSeek-R1 引领了一波AI大模型的集中爆发。QuestMobile 数据显示，到当年 3 月，中国 AI 原生 App 月活达到 2.7 亿，其中DeepSeek 1.94 亿、豆包 1.16 亿；用户也不只是下载尝鲜，月人均使用时长同比增长 32.7%，使用次数增长 53.1%。到 2026 年 3 月，AI 原生 App 整体月活进一步达到 4.46 亿，豆包达到 3.45 亿。
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