title: Design & implementation of an automated questionnaire.
abstract: This paper describes a system which allows the patient to answer a structured questionnaire in private, at their own speed and without pressure using a touch-screen personal computer. A clinical report is generated immediately and used to help guide a clinician in a face to face consultation with the patient. Trials in a clinical setting have shown a positive response by both patients and clinicians.
authors.affiliation: Information Services Department, Auckland Healthcare Services Limited, New Zealand.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Snow
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Youngson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D008838:Microcomputers; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014584:User-Computer Interface