AI in dementia care could give doctors time to listen

The questions a doctor asks a patient and their family are particularly important for a diagnosis in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, but the demand for care is rapidly outpacing the supply of clinicians, and the time to truly listen keeps shrinking. My colleagues and I have been testing a possible way to protect that conversation: a voice-based artificial intelligence “agent” that interviews patients before they ever see a clinician, …

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AI in dementia care could give doctors time to listen