Publications by authors named "Agustina Briatore"
To inform the development of automated summarization of clinical conversations, this study sought to estimate the proportion of doctor-patient communication in general practice (GP) consultations used for generating a consultation summary. Two researchers with a medical degree read the transcripts of 44 GP consultations and highlighted the phrases to be used for generating a summary of the consultation. For all consultations, less than 20% of all words in the transcripts were needed for inclusion in the summary.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The personalization of conversational agents with natural language user interfaces is seeing increasing use in health care applications, shaping the content, structure, or purpose of the dialogue between humans and conversational agents.
Objective: The goal of this systematic review was to understand the ways in which personalization has been used with conversational agents in health care and characterize the methods of its implementation.
Methods: We searched on PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, PsycInfo, and ACM Digital Library using a predefined search strategy.
Background: Nonattendance to scheduled appointments in outpatient clinics is a frequent problem in ambulatory medicine with an impact on health systems and patients' health. The characterization of nonattendance is fundamental for the design of appropriate strategies for its management.
Aims: To identify causes of nonattendance of scheduled ambulatory medical appointments by adult patients.
Article Synopsis
- - Four million people in Argentina face arsenic contamination in their drinking water, particularly in the central northern provinces, with a significant concentration of affected individuals in Buenos Aires.
- - A systematic review of 430 studies linked high arsenic levels in water to increased rates of cancer, skin diseases, and genetic disorders, with 47 studies specifically detailing these health impacts.
- - The research revealed a median prevalence of arsenicosis at 2.6% and highlighted a concerning correlation between arsenic exposure and elevated risks of various cancers, indicating urgent action is needed to address arsenic removal from drinking water.
Health Information Systems: evaluation and performance of a Help Desk.
Stud Health Technol Inform
November 2016
Unlabelled: A Help Desk (HD) is crucial in a computerized hospital.
Objective: to describe the performance of a HD.
Design: retrospective cohort study.
Introduction: Nonattendance at scheduled outpatient appointments for primary care is a major health care problem worldwide. Our aim was to estimate the prevalence of nonattendance at scheduled appointments for outpatients seeking primary care, to identify associated factors and build a model that predicts nonattendance at scheduled appointments.
Methods: A cohort study of adult patients, who had a scheduled outpatient appointment for primary care, was conducted between January 2010 and July 2011, at the Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires.