Involving patients in health care: explanation in the clinical setting.
The long-term goal of our research is to improve the overall effectiveness of physicians' time, by improving the information exchange between physicians and chronic-care patients, initially migraine patients. The computer system we are constructing has a partial knowledge base about migraines, common therapies, and common side effects of those therapies. The system consists of two main programs: data collection and explanation. The design of our system is based on empirical data concerning patients' information needs.
Buchanan
B G
BG
Dept. of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
Moore
J
J
Forsythe
D
D
Banks
G
G
Ohlsson
S
S
D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics; D008881:Migraine Disorders; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010358:Patient Participation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations