Putting a new intelligent virtual face on a medical treatment advice system to improve adherence

Scott Baker; Deborah Richards; Patrina Caldwell

doi:10.1145/2677758.2677762

Putting a new intelligent virtual face on a medical treatment advice system to improve adherence

Scott Baker, Deborah Richards, Patrina Caldwell

School of Computing

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Abstract

The eHealth website, eADVICE (electronic Advice and Diagnosis Via the Internet following Computerised Evaluation), is part of a research project that provides treatment advice to sufferers of paediatric incontinence problems who are on a medical specialist's waiting list. eHealth systems including eADVICE have problems getting patients to adhere to their advice, particularly over long treatment periods. This costs the health system and is detrimental to their health. This paper reports a project to design an agent-based (virtual character) prototype alternative of the existing test website that seeks to generate a stronger bond with the patient, similar to the relationship that exists between doctors and patients. It is hoped that this can improve and sustain the patient's motivation and adherence to their treatment as well as to usage of the website.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IE 2014 - Proceedings of the 10th Australian Conference on Interactive Entertainment: Fun and Games
Editors	Karen Blackmore, Keith Nesbitt, Shamus P. Smith
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	ACM
Pages	1-9
Number of pages	9
Volume	02-03-December 2014
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450327909
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2677758.2677762
Publication status	Published - 2 Dec 2014
Event	10th Australian Conference on Interactive Entertainment, IE - 2014 - Newcastle, Australia Duration: 2 Dec 2014 → 3 Dec 2014

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Other	10th Australian Conference on Interactive Entertainment, IE - 2014
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Newcastle
Period	2/12/14 → 3/12/14

Keywords

EHealth
Embodied Conversational Agents
Intelligent Virtual Agents

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Baker, S., Richards, D., & Caldwell, P. (2014). Putting a new intelligent virtual face on a medical treatment advice system to improve adherence. In K. Blackmore, K. Nesbitt, & S. P. Smith (Eds.), IE 2014 - Proceedings of the 10th Australian Conference on Interactive Entertainment: Fun and Games (Vol. 02-03-December 2014, pp. 1-9). Article 2677762 ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2677758.2677762

Baker, Scott ; Richards, Deborah ; Caldwell, Patrina. / Putting a new intelligent virtual face on a medical treatment advice system to improve adherence. IE 2014 - Proceedings of the 10th Australian Conference on Interactive Entertainment: Fun and Games. editor / Karen Blackmore ; Keith Nesbitt ; Shamus P. Smith. Vol. 02-03-December 2014 New York : ACM, 2014. pp. 1-9

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Baker, S, Richards, D & Caldwell, P 2014, Putting a new intelligent virtual face on a medical treatment advice system to improve adherence. in K Blackmore, K Nesbitt & SP Smith (eds), IE 2014 - Proceedings of the 10th Australian Conference on Interactive Entertainment: Fun and Games. vol. 02-03-December 2014, 2677762, ACM, New York, pp. 1-9, 10th Australian Conference on Interactive Entertainment, IE - 2014, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 2/12/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2677758.2677762

Putting a new intelligent virtual face on a medical treatment advice system to improve adherence. / Baker, Scott; Richards, Deborah; Caldwell, Patrina.
IE 2014 - Proceedings of the 10th Australian Conference on Interactive Entertainment: Fun and Games. ed. / Karen Blackmore; Keith Nesbitt; Shamus P. Smith. Vol. 02-03-December 2014 New York: ACM, 2014. p. 1-9 2677762.

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