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Conversational diagnostic artificial intelligence in ambulatory primary care: a prospective feasibility study

An AI assistant helped primary care doctors prepare for patient visits in roughly three-quarters of cases they tried it.

This PubMed-indexed narrative/structured review examined Conversational diagnostic artificial intelligence in ambulatory primary care: a prospective feasibility study. The abstract reports that pCPs found AMIE helpful for visit preparation in 33 of 44 cases and reported that it might have changed their behaviour in 25 of 44 cases.

What the study was

Study design
Narrative/structured review
Population
Conversational diagnostic artificial intelligence in ambulatory primary care: a prospective feasibility study.
Sample size
114
Category
Diagnostics
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Lancet (London, England)

Why it surfaced

Narrative/structured review with an abstract-supported finding relevant to AI/ML in clinical diagnostics and imaging; scored conservatively because only the PubMed abstract was reviewed.

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