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First published 2024

Enhancing health care through medical cognitive virtual agents

Sushruta Mishra, Pamela Chaudhury, Hrudaya Kumar Tripathy [...]

DIGITAL HEALTH

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First published 2020-12

An empirical study investigating the user acceptance of a virtual conversational agent interface for family health history collection among the geriatric population

Amal Ponathil, Firat Ozkan, Jeffrey Bertrand [...]

Health Informatics Journal

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First published 2017-11

How should a virtual agent present psychoeducation? Influence of verbal and textual presentation on adherence

Myrthe L. Tielman, Mark A. Neerincx, Marieke van Meggelen [...]

Technology and Health Care

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First published 2025-09

Expert Consensus Best Practices for the Safe,Ethical,and Effective Design and Implementation of Artificially Intelligent Conversational Agent (i.e.,Chatbot/Virtual Human) Systems in Health Care Applications

Albert Rizzo, Sharon Mozgai, Alexandros Sigaras [...]

Journal of Medical Extended Reality

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Research article

First published 2024

Sequencing conversational turns in peer interactions: An integrated approach for evidence-based conversational agent for just-in-time nicotine cravings intervention

Tavleen Singh, Michael Truong, Kirk Roberts [...]

DIGITAL HEALTH

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Research article

First published 2021-8

Black Men’s Experiences With Health care: Individuals’ Accounts of Challenges,Suggestions for Change,and the Potential Utility of Virtual Agent Technology to Assist Black Men With Health Management

Justin Kramer, Leanne Yinusa-Nyahkoon, Stefan Olafsson [...]

Qualitative Health Research

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First published 2025

Designing digital conversational agents for youth with multiple mental health conditions: Insights on key features from a youth-engaged qualitative descriptive study

Jingyi Hou, Jamie Gibson, Thalia Phi [...]

DIGITAL HEALTH

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First published 2025

Recommendations for the development of digital conversational agents for youth with mental health conditions: A position paper

Lisa D. Hawke, Gillian Strudwick, Brian Ritchie [...]

DIGITAL HEALTH

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First published 2025-3

Avatar and virtual agent-assisted telecare for patients in their homes: A scoping review

Anna Winkler, Patrick Kutschar, Stefan Pitzer [...]

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

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First published 2015-6

A Framework for Rebuilding Trust in Social Automation Across Health-Care Domains

Kaitlyn Marinaccio, Spencer Kohn, Raja Parasuraman [...]

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care

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