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Batia Mishan Wiesenfeld
dblp:22/734
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7ranked-venue papers
0as first author
7since 2021 · last 2026
0000-0002-6854-1976ORCID · verified
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Human-computer interaction and ubiquitous computing · 5 · 5 since 2021Applied, interdisciplinary, general and emerging computing · 2 · 2 since 2021
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Investigating Writing Professionals' Relationships with GenAI: How Combined Perceptions of Rivalry and Collaboration Shape Work Practices and OutcomesabstractThis study investigates how professional writers’ complex relationship with GenAI shapes their work practices and outcomes. Through a cross-sectional survey with writing professionals (n=403) in diverse roles, we show that collaboration and rivalry orientation are associated with differences in work practices and outcomes. Rivalry is primarily associated with relational crafting and skill maintenance. Collaboration is primarily associated with task crafting, productivity, and satisfaction, at the cost of long-term skill deterioration. Combination of the orientations (high rivalry and high collaboration) reconciles these differences, while boosting the association with the outcomes. Our findings argue for a balanced approach where high levels of rivalry and collaboration are essential to shape work practices and generate outcomes aimed at the long-term success of the job. We present key design implications on how to increase friction (rivalry) and reduce over-reliance (collaboration) to achieve a more balanced relationship with GenAI. Rama Adithya Varanasi, Oded Nov, Batia Mishan Wiesenfeld |
CHI | 3 |
| 2025 | AI Rivalry as a Craft: How Resisting and Embracing Generative AI Are Reshaping the Writing ProfessionabstractGenerative AI (GAI) technologies are disrupting professional writing, challenging traditional practices. Recent studies explore GAI adoption experiences of creative practitioners, but we know little about how these experiences evolve into established practices and how GAI resistance alters these practices. To address this gap, we conducted 25 semi-structured interviews with writing professionals who adopted and/or resisted GAI. Using the theoretical lens of Job Crafting, we identify four strategies professionals employ to reshape their roles. Writing professionals employed GAI resisting strategies to maximize human potential, reinforce professional identity, carve out a professional niche, and preserve credibility within their networks. In contrast, GAI-enabled strategies allowed writers who embraced GAI to enhance desirable workflows, minimize mundane tasks, and engage in new AI-managerial labor. These strategies amplified their collaborations with GAI while reducing their reliance on other people. We conclude by discussing implications of GAI practices on writers' identity and practices as well as crafting theory. Rama Adithya Varanasi, Batia Mishan Wiesenfeld, Oded Nov |
CHI | 2 |
| 2025 | Health system-wide access to generative artificial intelligence: the New York University Langone Health experienceabstractOBJECTIVES: The study aimed to assess the usage and impact of a private and secure instance of a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) application in a large academic health center. The goal was to understand how employees interact with this technology and the influence on their perception of skill and work performance. MATERIALS AND METHODS: New York University Langone Health (NYULH) established a secure, private, and managed Azure OpenAI service (GenAI Studio) and granted widespread access to employees. Usage was monitored and users were surveyed about their experiences. RESULTS: Over 6 months, over 1007 individuals applied for access, with high usage among research and clinical departments. Users felt prepared to use the GenAI studio, found it easy to use, and would recommend it to a colleague. Users employed the GenAI studio for diverse tasks such as writing, editing, summarizing, data analysis, and idea generation. Challenges included difficulties in educating the workforce in constructing effective prompts and token and API limitations. DISCUSSION: The study demonstrated high interest in and extensive use of GenAI in a healthcare setting, with users employing the technology for diverse tasks. While users identified several challenges, they also recognized the potential of GenAI and indicated a need for more instruction and guidance on effective usage. CONCLUSION: The private GenAI studio provided a useful tool for employees to augment their skills and apply GenAI to their daily tasks. The study underscored the importance of workforce education when implementing system-wide GenAI and provided insights into its strengths and weaknesses. Kiran Malhotra, Batia Mishan Wiesenfeld, Vincent J. Major, Himanshu Grover, Yindalon Aphinyanagphongs, Paul A. Testa, Jonathan S. Austrian |
J. Am. Medical Informatics Assoc. | 2 |
| 2025 | A Qualitative Analysis of Remote Patient Monitoring: How a Paradox Mindset Can Support Balancing Emotional Tensions in the Design of Healthcare TechnologiesabstractRemote patient monitoring (RPM) is the use of digital technologies to improve patient care at a distance. However, current RPM solutions are often biased toward tech-savvy patients. To foster health equity, researchers have studied how to address the socio-economic and cognitive needs of diverse patient groups, but their emotional needs have remained largely neglected. We perform the first qualitative study to explore the emotional needs of diverse patients around RPM. Specifically, we conduct a thematic analysis of 18 interviews and 4 focus groups at a large US healthcare organization. We identify emotional needs that lead to four emotional tensions within and across stakeholder groups when applying an equity focus to the design and implementation of RPM technologies. The four emotional tensions are making diverse patients feel: (i) heard vs. exploited; (ii) seen vs. deprioritized for efficiency; (iii) empowered vs. anxious; and (iv) cared for vs. detached from care. To manage these emotional tensions across stakeholders, we develop design recommendations informed by a paradox mindset (i.e., "both-and" rather than "and-or" strategies). Zoe Jonassen, Katharine Lawrence, Batia Mishan Wiesenfeld, Stefan Feuerriegel, Devin M. Mann |
Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. | 3 |
| 2025 | Who is Responsible, the Advisor or the AI? Understanding the Effects of Advisors Disclosing Their AI Use on Their Perceived Responsibility and AI RelianceabstractHuman advisors increasingly have access to AI recommendations and use them to shape the advice they give clients, often without disclosing their AI use to their clients. Disclosure of AI use involves informing individuals when AI is being used on their behalf by another person, such as disclosing to clients that advisors are using AI to formulate their expert advice. Our study aims to investigate whether and how disclosing advisors' use of AI assistance to their clients influences the advisors' perceived responsibility for decisions and degree of AI reliance. Recruiting financial advisors to perform a personal finance advising simulation that manipulated whether clients would know that advisors used an AI system (disclosed vs. not disclosed), we found that financial advisors felt less responsible for their recommendations when they believed their use of AI assistance would be disclosed rather than undisclosed to clients. We also found that advisors' perceived personal responsibility was higher when their reliance on AI was lower. Advisors' perceived self-competence increased their perceived personal responsibility for investment decisions relative to AI, and their trust in AI decreased their perceived responsibility. We conclude by discussing how our findings can inform disclosure schemes for improved human-AI collaboration in advising. Tamir Mendel, Soumik Mandal, Oded Nov, Batia Mishan Wiesenfeld |
Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. | 4 |
| 2024 | Advice from a Doctor or AI? Understanding Willingness to Disclose Information Through Remote Patient Monitoring to Receive Health AdviceabstractRemote Patient Monitoring (RPM) devices transmit patients' medical indicators (e.g., blood pressure) from the patient's home testing equipment to their healthcare providers, in order to monitor chronic conditions such as hypertension. AI systems have the potential to enhance access to timely medical advice based on the data that RPM devices produce. In this paper, we report on three studies investigating how the severity of users' medical condition (normal vs. high blood pressure), security risk (low vs. modest vs. high risk), and medical advice source (human doctor vs. AI) influence user perceptions of advisor trustworthiness and willingness to disclose RPM-acquired information. We found that trust mediated the relationship between the advice source and users' willingness to disclose health information: users trust doctors more than AI and are more willing to disclose their RPM-acquired health information to a more trusted advice source. However, we unexpectedly discovered that conditional on trust, users disclose RPM-acquired information more readily to AI than to doctors. We observed that the advice source did not influence perceptions of security and privacy risks. We conclude by discussing how our findings can support the design of RPM applications. Tamir Mendel, Oded Nov, Batia Mishan Wiesenfeld |
Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. | 3 |
| 2022 | Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of Provider Use of a Novel Machine Learning Model for Favorable Outcome Prediction
Elisabeth Yang, Yindalon Aphinyanagphongs, Paawan Punjabi, Jonathan S. Austrian, Batia Mishan Wiesenfeld |
AMIA | 5 |