Published on in Vol 9, No 3 (2020): March

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/16934, first published .
Effectiveness of Conversational Agents (Virtual Assistants) in Health Care: Protocol for a Systematic Review

Effectiveness of Conversational Agents (Virtual Assistants) in Health Care: Protocol for a Systematic Review

Effectiveness of Conversational Agents (Virtual Assistants) in Health Care: Protocol for a Systematic Review

Caroline de Cock   1 * , BSc, MSc ;   Madison Milne-Ives   1 , BAS, MSc ;   Michelle Helena van Velthoven   1 , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Abrar Alturkistani   2 , BSc, MPH ;   Ching Lam   1, 3 , MEng ;   Edward Meinert   1, 2 * , MA, MSc, MBA, MPA, PhD

1 Digitally Enabled Preventative Health Research Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

2 Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

3 Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Edward Meinert, MA, MSc, MBA, MPA, PhD
  • Digitally Enabled Preventative Health Research Group
  • Department of Paediatrics
  • University of Oxford
  • Headley Way, Headington
  • John Radcliffe Hospital
  • Oxford, OX3 9DU
  • United Kingdom
  • Phone: 44 7824446808
  • Email: e.meinert14@imperial.ac.uk