Personalized physical examinations, from examination to management. The new wave of AI intelligent health management is here!
When AI becomes as ubiquitous as air, what will an ordinary person's "intelligent health check" look like?
On May 21st, the third season of the health - science variety show "iKang AI Ignition Night", jointly created by iKang Group and Beijing Satellite TV, was broadcast across the entire network. During the show, AI "instantly recognized" the psychological stress of celebrities such as Tan Jianci and Zhang Yuqi, conducted a non - invasive diagnosis of liver "damage" in 3 minutes, and cutting - edge technologies like creating a holographic image of the heart using digital twin technology were successively presented.
The grand occasion of the "iKang AI Ignition Night" show
Beyond the upgrade of health check technologies, what attracted more attention was that the show invited many celebrity guests to discuss with medical experts the health - related anxieties and problems that ordinary people are more concerned about in daily life: What are the scientific tips for weight loss? How to save thinning hair? How to bid farewell to the "unbearable pain" of cervical spondylosis...
Of course, the AI host of the entire show, iKang AI Health Butler iKKie, also stole the spotlight. Not only did it smoothly host the show, but whenever the guests discussed professional health check and health issues, iKKie could always provide real - time scientific data and suggestions. Nowadays, iKKie has become a "little medical expert" in areas such as personalized health check plan recommendation, health consultation, and intelligent diagnosis.
iKang AI Health Butler iKKie (on the screen) joins forces with three top - notch hosts
This "iKang AI Ignition Night" made people intuitively feel the arrival of the "AI - powered personalized health check era". Health checks are no longer just a one - size - fits - all set of items and cold reports of abnormal indicators. Instead, they are full of personalized and considerate plans and suggestions, covering the entire line of health management that cares about both the "check" and the "treatment". While providing intelligent health checks and health management for its own users, iKang Group is also trying to export its digital capabilities, leading the industry towards a future of human - machine integration and in - depth collaboration.
AI Makes "Personalized for Everyone" Health Checks a Reality
Nowadays, the annual health check has become a "standard" for many people. Looking back over the past two or three decades, the Chinese health check industry has been like an evolving "Super Mario", overcoming obstacles all the way, moving from the stylized 1.0 era to the AI - powered personalized health check 4.0 era. In this process, cutting - edge technologies such as AI and genetic testing have undoubtedly pressed the "accelerator button" for the industry's upgrade.
In the extensive 1.0 era, "health checks" were mostly welfare arrangements by work units or served specific groups with needs such as school enrollment or military service. They often only covered basic items. Coupled with the lack of advanced diagnostic equipment and tools, relying mostly on doctors' experience, misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis were common, and health checks were more like a formality.
As the public's health needs increased, professional chain health check institutions represented by iKang Guobin began to stand out. They introduced more advanced management models and diagnostic equipment, attempting to solve pain points such as "one - size - fits - all health check packages", leading the industry into the 2.0 era.
In 2015, Zhang Ligang, the founder, chairman, and CEO of iKang Group, proposed the concept of "personalized health checks" and launched the iKang Health Check App, which supported convenient reservation of the "1 + X" health check packages. This allowed users to select more targeted health check items based on their age, family medical history, lifestyle, etc., on the basis of the regular group - check packages. This initiative not only helped users avoid "missing necessary checks" and "over - checking", but also enabled iKang to seize the traffic dividend of the mobile Internet, connecting with a wider range of users and market opportunities.
In 2015, Zhang Ligang, the founder, chairman, and CEO of iKang Group, released the iKang Health Check App and entered the mobile medical field
If the 2.0 era was an "upgrade" for the health check industry, then the 3.0 era was the beginning of the AI revolution in health checks. At that time, AI technologies such as deep learning rapidly penetrated into various fields of medical diagnosis, greatly improving the efficiency of early disease screening and health checks.
Since 2018, iKang has launched the iKangAI+ program, successively introducing several medical AI partners such as Airdoc, Changmugu, and Huiyihuiying, and applying more than a dozen AI "digital doctor" software to screening projects for the fundus, bones, lungs, etc., creating the "iKang AI Matrix".
The iKang AI Matrix
In addition, in 2023, iKang Group officially launched the "AI Health Butler" iKKie. With the support of technologies such as RAG - enhanced retrieval and generation, its services cover the entire process before, during, and after the health check, providing users with a new experience that is real - time, intelligent, accurate, and connected. As of April 2025, iKKie has answered more than 3.44 million times, providing services to approximately 1 million users.
With the development of generative AI and large - language models, iKKie's capabilities have evolved at an astonishing speed. Especially after the arrival of Deepseek, relying on the dual - engine of the "medical professional knowledge base + AI large - model algorithm", the personalized health checks that iKang Group has always advocated can be implemented more efficiently, pushing the industry into the "AI - powered personalized health check 4.0 era".
In May 2025, the WeChat mini - program of iKang's "iKKie Health Butler" was officially launched, making it easily accessible to users. After the upgrade, iKKie can provide health consultations, interpretations of health check reports, and customization of AI - powered personalized health check plans. In the past, the "1 + X" model mainly relied on users to select items themselves, but due to the high medical threshold, many people were not sure how to choose.
Now, this "professional brain" iKKie can analyze users' health data and disease risks by identifying historical health check reports and third - party medical reports, and supplementing with intelligent Q&A. Then it can introduce three personalized plans with different inspection depths (standard version, upgraded version, and in - depth version), and users can also clearly understand the reasons for item recommendations and the significance of the tests.
The WeChat mini - program of "iKKie Health Butler" is newly launched
To ensure the scientificity and safety of the AI - generated health check plans, iKang has taken "double insurance". "In our system, after generating a plan using a limited large - model, manual review and confirmation will be carried out to avoid possible hallucinations of AI, and then the results will be fed back into our model to continuously upgrade its accuracy," Zhang Ligang introduced.
Currently, through the iKKie mini - program, users can experience the health check and health management plan of "AI multi - dimensional assessment + AI personalized recommendation", truly transforming health checks from passive arrangements to active and clear personalized choices.
From "Check" to "Management", a Natural Progression
In addition to formulating personalized packages before the health check, the ability of AI to empower health check diagnosis is also improving by leaps and bounds. At the "iKang AI Ignition Night" show, Dr.AI, developed by iKang's partner Huiyihuiying, can read a chest CT in 0.5 seconds and analyze 357 health indicators contained in the CT, covering lung nodules, bone density, muscles, fat, etc. It can be said that "AI can penetrate the whole body with one image" and can automatically attach personalized medical and health - care suggestions based on the results.
Guo Na (right), the co - founder and general manager of Huiyihuiying, details the core technology of Dr.AI
Of course, the "expansion" of the iKang AI Matrix is not limited to software updates. Hardware iteration should not be underestimated either. At the iKang show, the Fibroscan® non - invasive quantitative liver detection device developed by Furi Co., Ltd. can detect data such as liver hardness and fat content in 3 minutes. This "liver health check artifact" without puncture makes early screening and diagnosis of liver diseases more convenient.
A live demonstration of non - invasive quantitative liver detection at the show
Of course, for users, getting the health check report is not the end but the starting point for having a clear understanding and starting health management.
In recent years, iKang has been trying to solve the industry pain point of "no one takes care after the health check". For this reason, it has been continuously exploring to establish a personalized screening, treatment, and health - care plan from "check" to "management". Meanwhile, the capabilities of the AI medical product series cooperating with iKang have also expanded from auxiliary diagnosis to pre - operative planning, minimally invasive surgery with surgical robots, etc. The transformation from "check" to "management" of orthopedic diseases is a typical example.
As is well - known, occupational diseases such as "cervical spondylosis" and "lumbar muscle strain" often appear in the health check reports of office workers. At the "iKang AI Ignition Night" show, iKKie presented a set of data: the number of lumbar disease patients in China has exceeded 200 million, and among the 20 - 40 - year - old working population, lumbar/cervical disease patients account for 64%.
At the show, Zhang Yuqi and orthopedic expert Zang Lei popularized the "destructive power" of "slouching" and long - term head - lowering on the spine. However, long - term habits become second nature, and unnoticed spinal diseases accumulate over time, making many people overwhelmed. To help users plan ahead and prevent in advance, two years ago, iKang introduced Changmugu's artificial intelligence lower - limb joint health screening and evaluation system, and this year it introduced a screening plan focusing on the lumbar and cervical spine.
Zang Lei, the director of the orthopedics department of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, and actress Zhang Yuqi perform an orthopedic health science show
In addition to health assessment, when the spine or other parts are diseased and need treatment, the AI surgical planning system and intelligent surgical robot developed by Changmugu can act as the digital "brain, eyes, and hands" of doctors, formulating personalized surgical plans for patients, tracking the changes in patients' postures with sub - millimeter - level positioning, and performing minimally invasive surgeries.
"In the iKang system, the first person to use Changmugu's artificial intelligence technology for hip replacement was my nearly 80 - year - old father," Zhang Ligang introduced. AI can perform three - dimensional reconstruction of CT images and make precise pre - operative plans. "In the years after the surgery, my father has had no discomfort in his joints, and his life has completely returned to normal."
From screening to management, from check to treatment, for iKang, extending the health check business to the full - life - cycle health management is a natural step.
Firstly, based on health check reports, etc., it is possible to know the users' health status in advance and then provide precise plans and suggestions. iKang has tens of millions of customers, so there is no need to invest heavily in customer acquisition. Therefore, it is easier