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<journal-title>Frontiers in Digital Health</journal-title>
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<article-title>Correction: A GPT-reinforced social robot for patient communication: a pilot study</article-title>
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<aff id="aff1"><label>1</label><institution>Behavioural Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente</institution>, <city>Enschede</city>, <country country="">Netherlands</country></aff>
<aff id="aff2"><label>2</label><institution>Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano</institution>, <city>Milano</city>, <country country="it">Italy</country></aff>
<aff id="aff3"><label>3</label><institution>Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medisch Spectrum Twente</institution>, <city>Enschede</city>, <country country="">Netherlands</country></aff>
<aff id="aff4"><label>4</label><institution>IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, San Luca Hospital</institution>, <city>Milan</city>, <country country="it">Italy</country></aff>
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<corresp id="cor1"><label>&#x002A;</label><bold>Correspondence:</bold> Jan-Willem J. R. van &#x2018;t Klooster <email xlink:href="mailto:j.vantklooster@utwente.nl">j.vantklooster@utwente.nl</email></corresp>
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<pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-03-03"><day>03</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></pub-date>
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<date date-type="received"><day>16</day><month>02</month><year>2026</year></date>
<date date-type="rev-recd"><day>16</day><month>02</month><year>2026</year></date>
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<p>Erroneously assigned</p>
<p>Author Michela Capasso was erroneously assigned to affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands. This affiliation has now been removed for author Michela Capasso. The correct affiliation for author Michela Capasso is Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.</p>
<p>The original version of this article has been updated.</p>
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