%0 Journal Article
%T The use of artificial intelligence and virtual reality in doctor-patient risk communication: A scoping review.
%A Antel R
%A Abbasgholizadeh-Rahimi S
%A Guadagno E
%A Harley JM
%A Poenaru D
%A Antel R
%A Abbasgholizadeh-Rahimi S
%A Guadagno E
%A Harley JM
%A Poenaru D
%J Patient Educ Couns
%V 105
%N 10
%D Oct 2022
%M 35725526
%F 3.467
%R 10.1016/j.pec.2022.06.006
%X <B>OBJECTIVE: </B>While the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) technologies in medicine has been significant, their application to doctor-patient communication is limited. As communicating risk is a challenging, yet essential, component of shared decision-making (SDM) in surgery, this review aims to explore the current use of AI and VR in doctor-patient surgical risk communication.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>The search strategy was prepared by a medical librarian and run in 7 electronic databases. Articles were screened by a single reviewer. Included articles described the use of AI or VR applicable to surgical risk communication between patients, their families, and the surgical team.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>From 4576 collected articles, 64 were included in this review. Identified applications included decision support tools (15, 23.4%), tailored patient information resources (13, 20.3%), treatment visualization tools (17, 26.6%) and communication training platforms (19, 29.7%). Overall, these technologies enhance risk communication and SDM, despite heterogeneity in evaluation methods. However, improvements in the usability and versatility of these interventions are needed.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>There is emerging literature regarding applications of AI and VR to facilitate doctor-patient surgical risk communication.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>AI and VR hold the potential to personalize doctor-patient surgical risk communication to individual patients and healthcare contexts.