Simulated Conversations With Virtual Humans to Improve Patient-Provider Communication and Reduce Unnecessary Prescriptions for Antibiotics: A Repeated Measure Pilot Study

Antoinette Schoenthaler   ^{1 *} , EdD ;   Glenn Albright   ^{2, 3 *} , PhD ;   Judith Hibbard   ^{4 *} , MPH, PhD ;   Ron Goldman   ^{3 *} , BBA

¹ Center for Healthful Behavior Change, Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States

² Baruch College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States

³ Kognito, New York, NY, United States

⁴ Health Policy Research Group, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States

*all authors contributed equally