arXiv:2608. 07495v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Effective communication during palliative care discussions is a critical clinical skill, yet training clinicians to manage complex patient emotions remains challenging.
By Yining Wu, Tianshu Du, Jinrui Fang, Chi Zhang, Sonal Admane, Ying Ding
arXiv:2606. 30491v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Background.
By Zhuhan Bao, Rui Yang, Bohao Yang, Zhiyi Liu, Sicheng Shu, Ruio Heerschap, Le Li, Doris Yang, Elisabeth Bond, Haoyuan Wang, Nicoleta Economou-Zavlanos, Joshua M. Biro, Matthew McDermott, Nan Liu, Anand Chowdhury, Kai Sun, Kathryn Pollak, Ed Hammond, Chuan Hong
arXiv:2603. 25821v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We present Doctorina MedBench, an evaluation framework for agent-based medical AI based on the simulation of physician-patient interactions.
By Anna Kozlova, Stanislau Salavei, Pavel Satalkin, Hanna Plotnitskaya, Sergey Parfenyuk, Andy Nkansah
arXiv:2602. 05088v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Millions of people now use generative AI chatbots for psychological support.
By Kate H. Bentley, Luca Belli, Adam M. Chekroud, Emily J. Ward, Emily R. Dworkin, Emily Van Ark, Kelly M. Johnston, Will Alexander, Millard Brown, Matt Hawrilenko
arXiv:2607. 12085v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Evaluating retail conversational agents requires methods beyond lexical-overlap metrics to assess intent alignment, factuality, helpfulness, clarity, tone, and overall response quality.
By Niranjan Kumar M, Balaji Nagarajan, Karthik Nair, Faysal Satter, Nithin Surendran
arXiv:2607. 25057v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As conversational AI systems become increasingly integrated into daily life, their potential effects on user well-being require ongoing attention.
By Jina Suh, Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Forough Poursabzi-Sangdeh, Emily Tseng, Eugenia Kim, Luke Nicholls, James W. Pennebaker, Eric Horvitz
arXiv:2603. 25821v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We present Doctorina MedBench, a comprehensive evaluation framework for agent-based medical AI based on the simulation of realistic physician-patient interactions.
By Anna Kozlova, Stanislau Salavei, Pavel Satalkin, Hanna Plotnitskaya, Sergey Parfenyuk
arXiv:2607. 25485v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Health AI is evolving from answering questions to agentic systems that converse with patients, reason about health records, and act on their behalf.
By Korosh Vatanparvar, Ashutosh Joshi, Maria Xenochristou, Mohammad Abuzar Hashemi, Prasad Kasu, Deepak Bansal, Daniel Lopez-Martinez, Anchal Nema, Ramya Ganesan, Will Kimbrough, Alex Woody, Yadunandana Rao, Dilek Hakkani-Tur, Wilko Schulz-Mahlendorf
arXiv:2606. 27302v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI healthcare chatbots are increasingly used to support health information seeking and self-management, yet their performance and impact on users remains to be studied.
By Muhammad Hassan, Ramazan Yener, Ece Gumusel, Masooda Bashir
arXiv:2608. 06110v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper presents ECHO (Enhanced Care \& Health Observer), a locally-deployable conversational health assistant for long-term chronic care management.
By Abdulkadir K\"ul\c{c}e, Alihan Esen, Ca\u{g}la Fikir, Berke Kurt, Kuzey Arar, G\"okhan Ercan, Faik Boray Tek
arXiv:2607. 20773v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have shifted human--computer interaction from `traditional'' interface journeys toward more conversational exchanges.
By Zeshu Zhu, Natalie Friedman, Kevin Weatherwax, Emily Eiben
arXiv:2608. 14651v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Effective disaster risk communication is a foundational humanitarian challenge, yet current emergency infrastructure fails to meet the needs of individuals with access and functional needs, including hard-of-hearing individuals, pregnant women, mothers with toddlers, and elderly individuals with dementia.
By Anuridhi Gupta, Samara Mansoor, Hemant Purohit