A Methodology to Evaluate the Efficacy and Patient-Centeredness of a Patient-Facing AI Chatbot: Development and Validation of a Standardized-Patient Method
Background: Patient-facing AI intake chatbots can enter clinical use without regulatory review, so their errors may first surface with actual patients. Objective: To develop and pilot a remote, voice-based standardized patient (SP) method for evaluating an intake chatbot's history-taking, documentation, and patient-cen...