Participatory health and Artificial Intelligence: a literature review

Kerstin Denecke; Guillermo H Lopez-Campos; Jorge Ropero; Rosario Torres Santos-Olmo; Octavio Rivera-Romero; Fernando Martin-Sanchez; Elia Gabarron

doi:10.3233/SHTI250617

Participatory health and Artificial Intelligence: a literature review

Kerstin Denecke, Guillermo H Lopez-Campos, Jorge Ropero, Rosario Torres Santos-Olmo, Octavio Rivera-Romero, Fernando Martin-Sanchez, Elia Gabarron

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INTRODUCTION: Participatory Health (PH) emerges as a consequence of the rise of the internet, which has led to a patient-centered approach. Participatory Health Informatics (PHI) uses information technologies and evaluates the use of tools. The emergence of new Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques represents a great advance for PH. The objective of this article is to study the facilitators and opportunities that AI offers to PH, but also the challenges and barriers it faces.

METHODS: A literature review on barriers and facilitators of AI in PH was conducted, including articles published in the last 10 years.

RESULTS: 38 articles were eventually selected for review. Several aspects and applications of AI in PH were identified, including health domains and types of participation; types of AI used; reported barriers and challenges; facilitators and opportunities; impact on participatory health; and ethical, legal and patient safety considerations.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: 6 main thematic areas of interaction between AI and PHI were identified. There is a wide variety of applications, with special impact on predictive analysis, the management of healthcare data and conversational agents. Legal and privacy issues are seen as the main barriers for the use of AI in PHI, whereas improving diagnostic accuracy, optimizing patient flow, and patient empowerment are considered the main opportunities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Intelligent health systems – from technology to data and knowledge
Editors	Elisavet Andrikopoulou, Parisis Gallos, Theodoros N. Arvanitis, Rosalynn Austin, Arriel Benis
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	1323-1327
Number of pages	5
Volume	327
ISBN (Electronic)	9781643685960
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI250617
Publication status	Published - 15 May 2025

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Name	Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Publisher	IOS Press
ISSN (Print)	0926-9630

Keywords

Artificial Intelligence
Humans
Patient Participation/methods
Medical Informatics

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Denecke, K., Lopez-Campos, G. H., Ropero, J., Torres Santos-Olmo, R., Rivera-Romero, O., Martin-Sanchez, F., & Gabarron, E. (2025). Participatory health and Artificial Intelligence: a literature review. In E. Andrikopoulou, P. Gallos, T. N. Arvanitis, R. Austin, & A. Benis (Eds.), Intelligent health systems – from technology to data and knowledge (Vol. 327, pp. 1323-1327). (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI250617

Denecke, Kerstin ; Lopez-Campos, Guillermo H ; Ropero, Jorge et al. / Participatory health and Artificial Intelligence: a literature review. Intelligent health systems – from technology to data and knowledge. editor / Elisavet Andrikopoulou ; Parisis Gallos ; Theodoros N. Arvanitis ; Rosalynn Austin ; Arriel Benis. Vol. 327 IOS Press, 2025. pp. 1323-1327 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics).

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Denecke, K, Lopez-Campos, GH, Ropero, J, Torres Santos-Olmo, R, Rivera-Romero, O, Martin-Sanchez, F & Gabarron, E 2025, Participatory health and Artificial Intelligence: a literature review. in E Andrikopoulou, P Gallos, TN Arvanitis, R Austin & A Benis (eds), Intelligent health systems – from technology to data and knowledge. vol. 327, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, IOS Press, pp. 1323-1327. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI250617

Participatory health and Artificial Intelligence: a literature review. / Denecke, Kerstin; Lopez-Campos, Guillermo H; Ropero, Jorge et al.
Intelligent health systems – from technology to data and knowledge. ed. / Elisavet Andrikopoulou; Parisis Gallos; Theodoros N. Arvanitis; Rosalynn Austin; Arriel Benis. Vol. 327 IOS Press, 2025. p. 1323-1327 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics).

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Denecke K, Lopez-Campos GH, Ropero J, Torres Santos-Olmo R, Rivera-Romero O, Martin-Sanchez F et al. Participatory health and Artificial Intelligence: a literature review. In Andrikopoulou E, Gallos P, Arvanitis TN, Austin R, Benis A, editors, Intelligent health systems – from technology to data and knowledge. Vol. 327. IOS Press. 2025. p. 1323-1327. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics). doi: 10.3233/SHTI250617

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