Table 1.

Demographics of participants

ID	Gender	Age, years	Duration in profession, years	Affiliation	Specialty	Experience
1	Female	29	3	Tertiary hospital	Infection management	No
2	Male	32	6	Academic institution	Traditional Chinese medicine and artificial intelligence joint engineering	Yes b
3	Female	41	18	Tertiary hospital	Medical quality management	Yes b
4	Female	53	28	Tertiary hospital	Patient service	Yes b
5	Male	33	8	Tertiary hospital	Neurosurgery	Yes c
6	Female	38	10	Tertiary hospital	Rehabilitation	No
7	Female	28	6	Tertiary hospital	Dentistry	No
8	Male	36	10	Tertiary hospital	General Surgery	Yes c
9	Male	24	2	Tertiary hospital	Dentistry	Yes b
10	Female	35	7	Primary medical care institution	Gynecology	Yes d
11	Female	39	25	Primary medical care institution	General practice	No
12	Male	42	18	Tertiary hospital	Neurosurgery	Yes c
13	Male	40	14	Primary medical care institution	General practice	Yes d
14	Male	32	8	Tertiary hospital	Orthopedics	Yes c
15	Male	31	2	Tertiary hospital	Urology	Yes b
16	Male	34	10	Tertiary hospital	Urology	Yes c
17	Female	34	10	Primary medical care institution	General practice	Yes b
18	Male	47	21	Primary medical care institution	General practice	Yes c
19	Male	44	19	Secondary hospital	Diagnostic imaging	Yes c
20	Female	32	8	Tertiary hospital	Pharmacy	No
21	Female	29	3	Tertiary hospital	General practice	No
22	Male	31	6	Tertiary hospital	Anesthesiology	Yes b
23	Male	31	7	Tertiary hospital	Orthopedics	Yes c
24	Male	54	28	Tertiary hospital	Urology	Yes b
25	Male	40	15	Tertiary hospital	Pediatrics	Yes b
26	Female	26	2	Tertiary hospital	Internal medicine	Yes b
27	Male	42	21	Tertiary hospital	Orthopedics	Yes c
28	Male	34	11	Tertiary hospital	Otolaryngology	Yes b
29	Male	35	12	Tertiary hospital	Medical administration	Yes b
30	Female	29	6	Tertiary hospital	Oncology	Yes a
31	Female	30	6	Tertiary hospital	Oncology	Yes a
32	Male	36	10	Tertiary hospital	Cardiology	No

Note: (1) In Chinese healthcare system, tertiary hospitals serve as regional medical centers, secondary hospitals function as intermediate-level institutions, and primary medical care institutions directly provides basic healthcare services to communities at the grassroots level [22](2) Experience column indicated interviewees’ experience with digital-intelligent medical technologies. ^a AI-assisted medical record generation, ^b Intelligent decision support, ^c Intelligent treatment assistance, ^d AI-enabled follow-up