{"id":3596,"date":"2020-08-08T19:37:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T14:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/?p=3596"},"modified":"2020-08-29T08:16:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T02:46:23","slug":"conversational-agents-in-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/conversational-agents-in-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversational Agents in Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"break-words\"><span dir=\"ltr\">How many times have you interacted with a conversational agents (CA) during the lock down?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve interacted with them at least a dozen times for fixing service appointments. The experience hasn&#8217;t been anything great to write about.<\/p>\n<p>Soon, we&#8217;ll start seeing their deployment in clinical practice for collecting data and even remote patient management. With this, we need to revisit a basic question, to what extent CAs should extend the capabilities of a person (augmented intelligence) and where could\/should they replace them (artificial intelligence).<\/p>\n<p>This JAMA <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/2768927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> nicely summarises considerations for implementing CAs in health care settings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020-08-16-0-JPEG-Image-1366-\u00d7-768-pixels-Scaled-97.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3597\" src=\"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020-08-16-0-JPEG-Image-1366-\u00d7-768-pixels-Scaled-97.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1667\" height=\"937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020-08-16-0-JPEG-Image-1366-\u00d7-768-pixels-Scaled-97.png 1667w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020-08-16-0-JPEG-Image-1366-\u00d7-768-pixels-Scaled-97-440x247.png 440w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020-08-16-0-JPEG-Image-1366-\u00d7-768-pixels-Scaled-97-620x348.png 620w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020-08-16-0-JPEG-Image-1366-\u00d7-768-pixels-Scaled-97-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020-08-16-0-JPEG-Image-1366-\u00d7-768-pixels-Scaled-97-1536x863.png 1536w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020-08-16-0-JPEG-Image-1366-\u00d7-768-pixels-Scaled-97-200x112.png 200w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020-08-16-0-JPEG-Image-1366-\u00d7-768-pixels-Scaled-97-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020-08-16-0-JPEG-Image-1366-\u00d7-768-pixels-Scaled-97-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020-08-16-0-JPEG-Image-1366-\u00d7-768-pixels-Scaled-97-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020-08-16-0-JPEG-Image-1366-\u00d7-768-pixels-Scaled-97-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1667px) 100vw, 1667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many times have you interacted with a conversational agents (CA) during the lock down? I&#8217;ve interacted with them at least a dozen times for fixing service appointments. The experience hasn&#8217;t been anything great to write about. Soon, we&#8217;ll start seeing their deployment in clinical practice for collecting data and even remote patient management. 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