Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9668778 | International Journal of Medical Informatics | 2005 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
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.
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Authors
Toni Giorgino, Ivano Azzini, Carla Rognoni, Silvana Quaglini, Mario Stefanelli, Roberto Gretter, Daniele Falavigna,