Published on in Vol 25 (2023)

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Conversational Agents in Health Care: Expert Interviews to Inform the Definition, Classification, and Conceptual Framework

Conversational Agents in Health Care: Expert Interviews to Inform the Definition, Classification, and Conceptual Framework

Conversational Agents in Health Care: Expert Interviews to Inform the Definition, Classification, and Conceptual Framework

Laura Martinengo   1 , MD, PhD ;   Xiaowen Lin   1 , BA ;   Ahmad Ishqi Jabir   1, 2 , BSc, MSc ;   Tobias Kowatsch   2, 3, 4, 5 , PhD ;   Rifat Atun   6 , MBBS, MBA, DIC ;   Josip Car   7, 8 , MSc, MD, PhD, DIC ;   Lorainne Tudor Car   1, 8 , MSc, MD, PhD

1 Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

2 Future Health Technologies Programme, Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise, Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore, Singapore

3 Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

4 School of Medicine, University of St.Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland

5 Centre for Digital Health Interventions, Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

6 Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States

7 Centre for Population Health Sciences, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

8 Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Corresponding Author:

  • Lorainne Tudor Car, MSc, MD, PhD
  • Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
  • Nanyang Technological University Singapore
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  • Singapore, 308232
  • Singapore
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  • Email: lorainne.tudor.car@ntu.edu.sg