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Empowering Preventive Care with GECA Chatbot
Chatbots have become increasingly popular in the healthcare industry. In the area of preventive care, chatbots can provide personalized and timely solutions that aid individuals in maintaining their well-being and forestalling the development of chronic conditions. This paper presents GECA, a chatbo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10531007/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37761729 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11182532 |
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author | Maia, Eva Vieira, Pedro Praça, Isabel |
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description | Chatbots have become increasingly popular in the healthcare industry. In the area of preventive care, chatbots can provide personalized and timely solutions that aid individuals in maintaining their well-being and forestalling the development of chronic conditions. This paper presents GECA, a chatbot designed specifically for preventive care, that offers information, advice, and monitoring to patients who are undergoing home treatment, providing a cost-effective, personalized, and engaging solution. Moreover, its adaptable architecture enables extension to other diseases and conditions seamlessly. The chatbot’s bilingual capabilities enhance accessibility for a wider range of users, including those with reading or writing difficulties, thereby improving the overall user experience. GECA’s ability to connect with external resources offers a higher degree of personalization, which is a crucial aspect in engaging users effectively. The integration of standards and security protocols in these connections allows patient privacy, security and smooth adaptation to emerging healthcare information sources. GECA has demonstrated a remarkable level of accuracy and precision in its interactions with the diverse features, boasting an impressive 97% success rate in delivering accurate responses. Presently, preparations are underway for a pilot project at a Portuguese hospital that will conduct exhaustive testing and evaluate GECA, encompassing aspects such as its effectiveness, efficiency, quality, goal achievability, and user satisfaction. |
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spelling | pubmed-105310072023-09-28 Empowering Preventive Care with GECA Chatbot Maia, Eva Vieira, Pedro Praça, Isabel Healthcare (Basel) Article Chatbots have become increasingly popular in the healthcare industry. In the area of preventive care, chatbots can provide personalized and timely solutions that aid individuals in maintaining their well-being and forestalling the development of chronic conditions. This paper presents GECA, a chatbot designed specifically for preventive care, that offers information, advice, and monitoring to patients who are undergoing home treatment, providing a cost-effective, personalized, and engaging solution. Moreover, its adaptable architecture enables extension to other diseases and conditions seamlessly. The chatbot’s bilingual capabilities enhance accessibility for a wider range of users, including those with reading or writing difficulties, thereby improving the overall user experience. GECA’s ability to connect with external resources offers a higher degree of personalization, which is a crucial aspect in engaging users effectively. The integration of standards and security protocols in these connections allows patient privacy, security and smooth adaptation to emerging healthcare information sources. GECA has demonstrated a remarkable level of accuracy and precision in its interactions with the diverse features, boasting an impressive 97% success rate in delivering accurate responses. Presently, preparations are underway for a pilot project at a Portuguese hospital that will conduct exhaustive testing and evaluate GECA, encompassing aspects such as its effectiveness, efficiency, quality, goal achievability, and user satisfaction. MDPI 2023-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10531007/ /pubmed/37761729 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11182532 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Maia, Eva Vieira, Pedro Praça, Isabel Empowering Preventive Care with GECA Chatbot |
title | Empowering Preventive Care with GECA Chatbot |
title_full | Empowering Preventive Care with GECA Chatbot |
title_fullStr | Empowering Preventive Care with GECA Chatbot |
title_full_unstemmed | Empowering Preventive Care with GECA Chatbot |
title_short | Empowering Preventive Care with GECA Chatbot |
title_sort | empowering preventive care with geca chatbot |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10531007/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37761729 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11182532 |
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