AIMC Topic: Patient Acceptance of Health Care

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Assessment of utilization efficiency using machine learning techniques: A study of heterogeneity in preoperative healthcare utilization among super-utilizers.

American journal of surgery
INTRODUCTION: In the United States, 5% of patients represent up to 55% of all health care costs. This study sought to define healthcare utilization patterns among super-utilizers, as well as assess possible variation in patient outcomes.

Acceptability of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled chatbots, video consultations and live webchats as online platforms for sexual health advice.

BMJ sexual & reproductive health
OBJECTIVES: Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services are undergoing a digital transformation. This study explored the acceptability of three digital services, (i) video consultations via Skype, (ii) live webchats with a health advisor and (iii) ...

Enablers and barriers to the implementation of socially assistive humanoid robots in health and social care: a systematic review.

BMJ open
OBJECTIVES: Socially assistive humanoid robots are considered a promising technology to tackle the challenges in health and social care posed by the growth of the ageing population. The purpose of our study was to explore the current evidence on barr...

Characterising and predicting persistent high-cost utilisers in healthcare: a retrospective cohort study in Singapore.

BMJ open
OBJECTIVE: We aim to characterise persistent high utilisers (PHUs) of healthcare services, and correspondingly, transient high utilisers (THUs) and non-high utilisers (non-HUs) for comparison, to facilitate stratifying HUs for targeted intervention. ...

Use of natural language processing to improve predictive models for imaging utilization in children presenting to the emergency department.

BMC medical informatics and decision making
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between the medical imaging utilization and information related to patients' socioeconomic, demographic and clinical factors during the patients' ED visits; and to develop predictive models using these associated...

Impacts of robot implementation on care personnel and clients in elderly-care institutions.

International journal of medical informatics
BACKGROUND: Digital technologies, including robots, are being increasingly used in elderly care. Their impact on users carries implications for successfully integrating technological innovations into care. This study aims to identify the impacts of c...

Impact of age at onset on the phenomenology of depression in treatment-seeking adults in the STAR*D trial.

Journal of affective disorders
BACKGROUND: - Adolescence is characterized by biological, emotional, and behavioral changes. The onset of depression during this vulnerable time may confer specific risks. This study examined whether symptoms of depression were associated with age at...

Community-dwelling older adults' needs and acceptance regarding the use of robot technology to assist with daily living performance.

BMC geriatrics
BACKGROUND: The rate of aging in Korea is extremely fast compared to major countries. We examined the key demands of community-dwelling older adults with regard to Connected Active Space technology, which provides tailored assistance with daily livin...

Trust in socially assistive robots: Considerations for use in rehabilitation.

Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews
Incorporation of social robots into rehabilitation calls for understanding what factors affect user motivation and success of the interaction. Trust between the user and the robot has been identified as important in human-robot interaction and in hum...