In the 21st century, health care has been going through a paradigm shift called digital health. Due to major advances and breakthroughs in information technologies, most recently artificial intelligence, the patriarchy of the doctor-patient relations...
BACKGROUND: Informal care plays an essential role in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Expanding health insurance packages that reimburse caregivers' services through cost-sharing policies could increase financial resources. Predicting payers' willingn...
Studies in health technology and informatics
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This study introduces a Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) assistant designed to address key challenges in Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) for hypertension. After a comprehensive needs assessment from clinicians and patients, we identified pi...
Studies in health technology and informatics
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The integration of chatbots in healthcare has gained attention due to their potential to enhance patient engagement and satisfaction. This paper presents a healthcare chatbot providing comprehensive access to patient summaries, aligned with the Europ...
Patient safety advocates identify concerns for the impact of AI on patient safety. Patients identified the following 4 main areas that AI developers, regulatory bodies, and clinical users of AI are asked to consider: data integrity and bias, efficacy...
Artificial intelligence (AI) can play a vital role in achieving a shift towards predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine, provided we are guided by the science with and of patient input. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) represent a ...
BACKGROUND: Patient engagement is a critical but challenging public health priority in behavioral health care. During telehealth sessions, health care providers need to rely predominantly on verbal strategies rather than typical nonverbal cues to eff...
By addressing communication gaps, the integration of AI tools in healthcare has a greater ability to improve decision-making and to empower patients with more control over their health. Current systems for navigating healthcare - such as finding prov...
: Diabetes is a rapidly increasing global health challenge compounded by a critical shortage of diabetes care and education specialists. Robot-assisted diabetes care offers a cost-effective and scalable alternative to traditional methods such as trai...
BACKGROUND: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a highly effective treatment for depression and anxiety disorders. Nonetheless, a substantial proportion of patients do not respond to treatment. The lack of engagement with therapeutic materials and ...