Patient Perspectives on the Usefulness of an Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Symptom Checker: Cross-Sectional Survey Study.
Ashley N D MeyerTraber Davis GiardinaChristiane SpitzmuellerUmber ShahidTaylor M T ScottHardeep SinghPublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2020)
Despite ongoing concerns about symptom checker accuracy, a large patient-user group perceived an AI-assisted symptom checker as useful for diagnosis. Formal validation studies evaluating symptom checker accuracy and effectiveness in real-world practice could provide additional useful information about their benefit.