(R)evolution of Slovenian Healthcare through the methods of Artificial Intelligence: An Assessment of Financial Benefits in the Case of HomeDOCtor

Authors

  • Rok Smodiš
  • Filip Ivanišević
  • Ivana Karasmanakis
  • Primož Kocuvan Institut Jožef Stefan
  • Tadej Horvat Institut Jožef Stefan
  • Matjaž Gams Institut Jožef Stefan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31449/upinf.262

Keywords:

HomeDOCtor, Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, Healthcare Savings

Abstract

After years of promises that artificial intelligence (AI) will reform healthcare, healthcare systems around the world and in Slovenia, still face serious problems. In this article, we tested the abilities of the HomeDOCtor and GPT-4o in answering medical questions. Additionally we also analyzed how HomeDOCtor could help with the problem slovenian Healthcare system is facing and what could be the financial benefits of Slovenia by incorporating it into its healthcare system. The test results showed that both HomeDOCtor and GPT‑4o answer medical questions very well, with HomeDOCtor being able to provide users with additional material in its answers. The financial assessment of the savings suggests that the Slovenian healthcare system could save between 19 and 350 million annually by introducing a system like HomeDOCtor.

Author Biographies

Rok Smodiš

Rok Smodiš je diplomant psihologije in študent magistrskega programa Kognitivna znanost Univerze v Ljubljani. Njegovi raziskovalni interesi obsegajo preplet človeka in tehnologije.

Filip Ivanišević

Filip Ivanišević je študij končal na Medicinski fakulteti v Ljubljani in je trenutno kot doktor medicine zaposlen v Splošni bolnišnici Trbovlje. Raziskovalno je predvsem usmerjen na implementacijo umetne inteligence v radiologiji in diagnostiki.

Ivana Karasmanakis

Ivana Karasmanakis je študij končala na Medicinski fakulteti v Ljubljani in je trenutno kot doktorica medicine zaposlena v Splošni bolnišnici Izola. Raziskovalno je predvsem usmerjena na implementacijo umetne inteligence v ginekologiji in obravnavi žensk različnih starostnih skupin.

Primož Kocuvan, Institut Jožef Stefan

Primož Kocuvan je po izobrazbi računalničar in elektrotehnik. Dela kot raziskovalec na Institutu Jožef Stefan. Zanimajo ga LLMji in aplikativna uporaba AI na področju mehatronskih sistemov in zdravstva.

Tadej Horvat, Institut Jožef Stefan

Tadej Horvat je raziskovalec umetne inteligence na Institutu Jožef Stefan.

Matjaž Gams, Institut Jožef Stefan

Matjaž Gams je raziskovalec na Institutu Jožef Stefan in profesor na več slovenskih univerzah. Objavil je preko 150 objav v revijah z SCI, ima H-indeks 42 in okoli 10 izdelanih programskih sistemov na svetovnem nivoju. Ukvarja se z umetno inteligenco, superingeligenco, LLMji, kognitivno znanostjo.

Published

2025-09-30

How to Cite

[1]
Smodiš, R., Ivanišević, F., Karasmanakis, I., Kocuvan, P., Horvat, T. and Gams, M. 2025. (R)evolution of Slovenian Healthcare through the methods of Artificial Intelligence: An Assessment of Financial Benefits in the Case of HomeDOCtor. Applied Informatics. (Sep. 2025). DOI:https://doi.org/10.31449/upinf.262.

Issue

Section

Scientific articles