Early Referral voice application (DIVA)
Publet Introduction:
This application illustrates the use of PROforma technology
in a “remote consultation”. In the demonstration scenario, a clinician is
seeking advice on whether a woman with suspected breast cancer should be
urgently referred to a specialist oncologist or not. Essentially the system
takes a clinical history, then analyses the information about the patient
and then recommends the appropriate action.
The system is accessed by
telephone, microphone or multi-modal browser. The demonstration illustrates
a number of natural conversational features (e.g. accepting information in
response to questions or volunteered, interpreting “non-standard” terms,
giving explanations on request and so on).
An old version of the application was originally developed by Martin Beveridge and colleagues in the EU HOMEY project and is illustrated in a video in which Martin plays the role of a GP. Click on the still above to download and run the video, or access a version on YouTube.
| Information | |
| Guideline Objectives | |
| Target Setting | Primary Care |
| Target Users |
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| Overview | |
| Provenance | Proof of concept only |
| Management | |
| Safety Case | None Supplied |
| Sources | http://www.openclinical.org/dm_homey.html |
| References | Beveridge M, Milward D. Combining task descriptions and ontological
Beveridge M, Fox J. & Milward D. [Springer]
Department of Health. Referral guidelines for suspected [DoH] |