Health dialog systems for patients and consumers☆ Export

@article{citeulike:4924682, abstract = {There is a growing need for automated systems that can interview patients and consumers about their health and provide health education and behavior change interventions using natural language dialog. A number of these health dialog systems have been developed over the last two decades, many of which have been formally evaluated in clinical trials and shown to be effective. This article provides an overview of the theories, technologies and methodologies that are used in the construction and evaluation of these systems, along with a description of many of the systems developed and tested to date. The strengths and weaknesses of these approaches are also discussed, and the needs for future work in the field are delineated.}, author = {Bickmore, T. and Giorgino, T.}, citeulike-article-id = {4924682}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2005.12.004}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1532046405001413}, doi = {10.1016/j.jbi.2005.12.004}, issn = {15320464}, journal = {Journal of Biomedical Informatics}, keywords = {dialogue, dialogue-management, elderly, health}, month = {October}, number = {5}, pages = {556--571}, posted-at = {2009-06-22 17:20:03}, priority = {5}, title = {Health dialog systems for patients and consumers☆}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2005.12.004}, volume = {39}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4924682 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4924682 N2 - There is a growing need for automated systems that can interview patients and consumers about their health and provide health education and behavior change interventions using natural language dialog. A number of these health dialog systems have been developed over the last two decades, many of which have been formally evaluated in clinical trials and shown to be effective. This article provides an overview of the theories, technologies and methodologies that are used in the construction and evaluation of these systems, along with a description of many of the systems developed and tested to date. The strengths and weaknesses of these approaches are also discussed, and the needs for future work in the field are delineated. IS - 5 JF - Journal of Biomedical Informatics SN - 15320464 EP - 571 TI - Health dialog systems for patients and consumers☆ VL - 39 SP - 556 KW - dialogue KW - dialogue-management KW - elderly KW - health AU - Bickmore, T AU - Giorgino, T PY - 2006/10// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2005.12.004 ER -