Nature Review Surveys AI Agent Applications, Evaluations, and Future Directions in Healthcare

Summary

A comprehensive review published in npj Artificial Intelligence by researchers from multiple institutions surveys the landscape of AI agents in healthcare, covering applications across clinical decision support, medical education, and patient simulation. The paper examines multi-agent systems that simulate various roles — patients, teachers, and clinical assistants — using knowledge graphs and retrieval-augmented reasoning to create interactive training scenarios for medical students. Notable sy