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The Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence Conversational Agents in Health Care: Systematic Review

The Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence Conversational Agents in Health Care: Systematic Review

The Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence Conversational Agents in Health Care: Systematic Review

Authors of this article:

Madison Milne-Ives1 Author Orcid Image ;   Caroline de Cock1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ernest Lim2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Melissa Harper Shehadeh4 Author Orcid Image ;   Nick de Pennington3, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Guy Mole3, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Eduardo Normando2 Author Orcid Image ;   Edward Meinert1, 6, 7 Author Orcid Image
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  1. Liu C, Zhang B, Peng G. Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions. View
  2. Gantwerker E, Allen L, Hay M. Clinical Education for the Health Professions. View
  3. Chhabra S. Handbook of Research on Digital Transformation Management and Tools. View
  4. Leeuwis L, He L. Chatbot Research and Design. View
  5. Buckeridge D. Intelligent Systems in Medicine and Health. View
  6. Tavares D, Lopes A, Castro C, Maia G, Leite L, Quintas M. Handbook of Research on Instructional Technologies in Health Education and Allied Disciplines. View
  7. Gwynne M. Chronic Illness Care. View
  8. Stević I, Vukmirović D, Vujović V, Marinković V. Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare. View
  9. Barua R, Datta S, Sarkar A. Contemporary Applications of Data Fusion for Advanced Healthcare Informatics. View
  10. Magalhães R, Marcondes F, Durães D, Novais P. Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning – IDEAL 2023. View
  11. Gantwerker E, Allen L, Hay M. Clinical Education for the Health Professions. View
  12. Larsen M, Vo L, Pratap A, Peters D. Tasman’s Psychiatry. View
  13. Lal M, Neduncheliyan S. Design in the Era of Industry 4.0, Volume 1. View
  14. Khan M. Robotics in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. View
  15. Garg R, Gupta A. Advances in Data-Driven Computing and Intelligent Systems. View
  16. Pani B, Crawford J, Allen K. Applications of Generative AI. View
  17. Salles A, Wajnerman Paz A. Brains and Machines: Towards a Unified Ethics of AI and Neuroscience. View
  18. Oliveira R. The Palgrave Handbook of Humour Research. View
  19. Striegl J, Fekih F, Weber G, Loitsch C. Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management. View