Conversational agents built on artificial intelligence (AI), known as chatbots, are increasingly being implemented for patient-facing communication in health care systems.  Jessica Ellis, BSA, Mika K. Hamer, PhD, and Marlee Akerson, BA, surveyed chatbot users.  Of the 617 surveys received the authors found respondent education level, race, and ethnicity impacted perception. These findings could be particularly problematic for groups marginalized by the health care system, for whom trust is already fragile, to avoid contributing to mistrust.  Read article>>