{"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\u2019ve interacted with them at least a dozen times for fixing service appointments. The experience hasn\u2019t been anything great to write about.<\/p>\n<p>Soon, we\u2019ll 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\u2019ve interacted with them at least a dozen times for fixing service appointments. The experience hasn\u2019t been anything great to write about. Soon, we\u2019ll start seeing their deployment in clinical practice for collecting data and even remote patient management. 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