An approach to automation of medical interviews

✍ Scribed by Gerald L. Gottlieb; Ray F. Beers Jr.; Christine Bernecker; Max Samter

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1972
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 536 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0010-4809
• DOI: 10.1016/0010-4809(72)90073-0

✦ Synopsis

A standardized, common language for describing branching medical interviews is proposed. Such a language must be easy to use by the non-computer-specialist, flexible enough to describe the patient+zomputer dialogue yet not require a very large computer system to support its operation. These attributes would facilitate the automation of medical interviews by simplifying the coding of the program. Of greater importance, such a language would allow easier communication and wider use of such programs beyond the centers where they originate.