Automated spoken dialogue system for hypertensive patient home management

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 74, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 159-167

  Giorgino, Toni ^a   Azzini, Ivano ^a   Rognoni, Carla ^a   Quaglini, Silvana ^a   Stefanelli, Mario ^a   Gretter, Roberto ^b   Falavigna, Daniele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b ITC IRST   (Italy)

Author keywords

Data Collection; Hypertension; Medical records systems, Computerized; Patient education; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEALTH RISKS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

AUTOMATED SPOKEN DIALOGUE SYSTEMS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISKS; HEALTH STATUS; INTELLIGENT DIALOGUE SYSTEMS;

LINGUISTICS;

AUTOMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TRAVEL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 13444267385     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2004.04.026     Document Type: Article

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