Fierce Healthcare January 26, 2024
As artificial intelligence advances in different areas of healthcare, there are concerns that technology and AI-based chatbots will replace the human connections between patients and practitioners.
But, a new study finds promising potential for AI and large language models to enhance mental health therapy at scale by being able to analyze millions of text-based counseling messages to shine a light on what works.
Researchers used AI to analyze more than 20 million text conversations of counseling sessions and successfully predicted patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes, according to a study published this week in the Journal of The American Medical Association (JAMA) Open.
It marks the largest-ever study of its kind, according to researchers, as they used AI models to evaluate...