Rethinking Health Agents: From Siloed AI to Collaborative Decision Mediators

Researchers propose a new framework for AI health agents that moves away from siloed, individual-user systems toward collaborative decision mediators that work within multi-stakeholder healthcare relationships. The study demonstrates through a pediatric case study that current AI tools fail to address collaboration gaps between patients, caregivers, and clinicians, proposing instead AI systems that preserve human authority while facilitating shared understanding.