Improving the Primary Care Consultation for Diabetes and Depression Through Digital Medical Interview Assistant Systems: Narrative Review

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 22; no. 8; p. e18109
• Main Authors: Jimenez, Geronimo, Tyagi, Shilpa, Osman, Tarig, Spinazze, Pier, van der Kleij, Rianne, Chavannes, Niels H, Car, Josip
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor 28.08.2020; JMIR Publications
• Subjects: Assistants; Chronic illnesses; Clinical decision making; Clinical outcomes; Computerized decision support systems; Computerized medical records; Decision Support Systems, Clinical - organization & administration; Depression - therapy; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus - therapy; Family physicians; Health status; Humans; Innovations; Interviews; Medical diagnosis; Medical personnel; Medical records; Medical referrals; Medical screening; Mental depression; Mortality; Narrative Medicine; Narratives; Patient satisfaction; Patients; Primary care; Primary Health Care - organization & administration; Quality of care; Referral and Consultation - organization & administration; Software; Specialists; Telemedicine - methods; Textbooks; Viewpoint; digital medical interview assistant, computer-assisted history taking; primary care; chronic conditions

Digital medical interview assistant (DMIA) systems, also known as computer-assisted history taking (CAHT) systems, have the potential to improve the quality of care and the medical consultation by exploring more patient-related aspects without time constraints and, therefore, acquiring more and bett...