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Accepted for/Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research

Date Submitted: Apr 13, 2020
Date Accepted: Jan 24, 2021

The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

The Computer Will See You Now: Overcoming Barriers to Adoption of Computer-Assisted History Taking (CAHT) in Primary Care

Spinazze P, Aardoom J, Chavannes N, Kasteleyn M

The Computer Will See You Now: Overcoming Barriers to Adoption of Computer-Assisted History Taking (CAHT) in Primary Care

J Med Internet Res 2021;23(2):e19306

DOI: 10.2196/19306

PMID: 33625360

PMCID: 7946588

The computer will see you now: Overcoming barriers to adoption of computer assisted history taking (CAHT) in primary care

  • Pier Spinazze; 
  • Jiska Aardoom; 
  • Niels Chavannes; 
  • Marise Kasteleyn

ABSTRACT

Patient health information is increasingly collected through multiple modalities, including electronic health records (EHRs), wearables and connected devices. Computer-assisted history taking (CAHT) could provide an additional channel to collect highly relevant, comprehensive, and accurate patient information whilst reducing the burden on clinicians and face-to-face consultation time. Considering restrictions to consultation time and the associated negative health outcomes, patient-provided health data outside of consultation can prove invaluable in healthcare delivery. Over the years, research has highlighted the numerous benefits of CAHT, however, the limitations have proved an obstacle to adoption. In this viewpoint we review these limitations under four main categories: accessibility, affordability, accuracy, and acceptability and discuss how advances in technology, computing power and ubiquity of personal devices offer solutions to overcoming these.


 Citation

Please cite as:

Spinazze P, Aardoom J, Chavannes N, Kasteleyn M

The Computer Will See You Now: Overcoming Barriers to Adoption of Computer-Assisted History Taking (CAHT) in Primary Care

J Med Internet Res 2021;23(2):e19306

DOI: 10.2196/19306

PMID: 33625360

PMCID: 7946588

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