Automated spoken dialogue system for hypertensive patient home management

Recent advances in automatic speech recognition and related technologies allow computers to carry on conversations by telephone. We developed an intelligent dialogue system that interacts with hypertensive patients to collect data about their health status. Patients thus avoid the inconvenience of t...

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Published in:International journal of medical informatics (Shannon, Ireland) Ireland), 2005-03, Vol.74 (2), p.159-167
Main Authors: Giorgino, Toni, Azzini, Ivano, Rognoni, Carla, Quaglini, Silvana, Stefanelli, Mario, Gretter, Roberto, Falavigna, Daniele
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automation
Data Collection
Health Status
Home Care Services
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - physiopathology
Hypertension - therapy
Italy
Medical records systems, Computerized
Patient education
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Telemedicine
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Summary:Recent advances in automatic speech recognition and related technologies allow computers to carry on conversations by telephone. We developed an intelligent dialogue system that interacts with hypertensive patients to collect data about their health status. Patients thus avoid the inconvenience of traveling for frequent face to face visits to monitor the clinical variables they can easily measure at home; the physician is facilitated in acquiring patient information and cardiovascular risk, which is evaluated from the data according to noted guidelines. Controlled trials to assess the clinical efficacy are under way.
ISSN:1386-5056
1872-8243
DOI:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2004.04.026