- Trusted by 4.5 Million Monthly Users Worldwide -

Ubie, Inc., a healthcare AI startup with the mission "To develop a healthcare 
guide for everyone," has launched in the United States an "AI-powered symptom 
checker" ( https://ubiehealth.com ) that allows users to enter symptoms and 
discover related diseases.

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Ubie, founded in Japan in 2017 by a physician and an engineer, is now based in 
Tokyo and Singapore. The company has seen rapid growth, ranked #1 in the 2021 
"LinkedIn Top Startups." (*) Ubie's first product offering, the "AI-powered 
patient intake," is a service that streamlines the medical interview process 
for medical institutions. This service is based on a database of approximately 
50,000 medical papers from around the world, compiled by more than 50 active 
physicians. The service, introduced at over 700 medical institutions worldwide, 
continues to improve the operational efficiency of medical institutions. 

Ubie's second offering "AI-powered symptom checker" uses the same database as 
the AI-powered patient intake service and evolves daily to reflect clinical 
diagnosis data from physicians worldwide. Its AI selects the most appropriate 
questions from approximately 3,500 question data types. After users answer 
around 20 questions about their symptoms, they can discover related diseases 
and more detailed information. The system supports users' decision-making to 
access appropriate medical care, such as an optimal medical department to 
consult. The number of diseases in the service exceeds 1,100, covering a wide 
range of medical departments. The service is free, without the need for 
registration through the website.

Ubie is offering the U.S. version as a new service with customized AI 
algorithms for questions related to symptoms and disease names, taking regional 
characteristics such as disease trends into account. 

Since the company was founded, Ubie has set its sights on overseas expansion 
and established an office in Singapore in 2020. Now, Ubie has decided to 
provide a U.S. version of the service after the encouraging results from 
medical institutions and users in both Japan and Singapore.

Ubie Co-founder and CEO Yoshinori Abe, MD, said: "During my residency at the 
hospital, I had a patient who had colorectal cancer symptoms that were left 
untreated for two years. When the patient came to see me, the cancer was 
already at stage 4 (an advanced stage), and the doctors had no way to help the 
patient. With today's advanced medical technology in Japan, the survival rate 
would be about 90% if the patient had visited a medical institution when the 
patient noticed the abnormality. This experience led me to leave the medical 
field and founded Ubie. Our goal is to use technology to guide people to 
appropriate medical care and increase the average life expectancy worldwide. I 
am confident that Ubie, born of Japan's advanced medical technology, will 
benefit the health of the American people."

(*) LinkedIn Top Startups Japan 2021

About Ubie
Ubie is a Japanese healthtech startup founded by a medical doctor and an 
engineer in 2017. Using AI as its core technology, the company develops and 
provides an AI-powered patient questionnaire that guides patients from symptoms 
to appropriate medical care, and improves operational efficiency in the medical 
field. It is promoting the creation of a society in which anyone can access 
medical care that suits them best. 
For more information, please visit: https://company.ubiehealth.com
AI-powered symptom checker: https://ubiehealth.com ( Japanese: 
https://ubie.app/ )


Source: Ubie, Inc.