[chisigmail] Virtual Healthcare Interaction - VHI 09

[Cecile.Paris at csiro.au]

Virtual Healthcare Interaction - VHI 09
AAAI 2009 Fall Symposium Series
Westin Arlington Gateway, Arlington, VA, USA - November 4-7, 2009

Interaction between healthcare providers and consumers has a central role in consumer satisfaction and successful health outcomes. The healthcare consumer, facing increasing responsibility for healthcare decisions, may turn to electronic resources to supplement the information given by his healthcare provider. Here intelligent systems can assist in retrieval and summarization of relevant and trustworthy information, in tailoring the information so that it is comprehensible, and in making it accessible to computer users with disabilities. Furthermore, intelligent systems are beginning to appear that provide virtual healthcare services to the patient: e.g., monitoring the patient's health, reminding him to take his medicine, and encouraging him to exercise or eat a healthy diet. On the health care provider's side, artificial intelligence can provide virtual patients for training providers to diagnose, care for, or communicate with clients.

See the web site for more information: 
http://www.uncg.edu/~nlgreen/aaaifss09/VHI-09.html

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