Agentic Clinical Dialogue Guide

Agentic Clinical Dialogue Guide

Overview

A curated collection of papers on AI agents for clinical dialogue — systems that conduct patient interviews, perform differential diagnosis, explain medical information, and support clinical decision-making through conversation. Covers medical QA benchmarks, patient simulation, clinical reasoning chains, and safety considerations unique to healthcare AI.

Research Landscape

Agentic Clinical Dialogue
├── Patient-Facing Agents
│   ├── Symptom checkers
│   ├── Triage systems
│   ├── Health information
│   └── Follow-up management
├── Clinician-Facing Agents
│   ├── Diagnostic support
│   ├── Treatment recommendation
│   ├── Clinical documentation
│   └── Literature integration
├── Clinical Reasoning
│   ├── Differential diagnosis
│   ├── History taking
│   ├── Physical exam interpretation
│   └── Test ordering
├── Patient Simulation
│   ├── Standardized patients (SP)
│   ├── Medical education
│   └── Agent evaluation
└── Safety & Ethics
    ├── Hallucination in medicine
    ├── Bias in clinical AI
    ├── Liability frameworks
    └── Informed consent

Key Systems