Difference between revisions of "Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System - CHESS"

From Clinfowiki
Jump to: navigation, search
m
Line 6: Line 6:
 
In contrast to CHESS targeting adults, SOS focussed on adolescent health behavior change.
 
In contrast to CHESS targeting adults, SOS focussed on adolescent health behavior change.
  
−
 
+
One of the problems with CHESS is that each component of the system stands individually, which means that only one tool can be used at a time.   All patients receive the same information, so there is no way to individualize the information received. Information entered by the user cannot be shared with other parts of the system.
−
One of the problems with CHESS is that each component of the system stands individually, which means that only one tool can be used at a time. There is no way to individualize the patient care; all patients receive the same information. Information entered by the user cannot be shared with other parts of the system.
+
  
 
Reference:  
 
Reference:  

Revision as of 22:54, 12 September 2009

CHESS - Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System

CHESS is a system designed for patients suffering from a life-threatening disease such as breast cancer, HIV infection, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, or alcoholism. It was designed to help them improve their health through education at home via personal computer. This support system was developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. An AHRQ study of HIV patients who used CHESS showed that they had fewer hospitalizations and a higher quality of life than patients who received only standard medical treatment.

Although CHESS was primarily a support system developed to improve life quality of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases, other CHESS-like applications such as Stomp Out Smokes (SOS) have been proven to stimulate a desire to quit smoking of over 70% of users participant of interactive cessions. In contrast to CHESS targeting adults, SOS focussed on adolescent health behavior change.

One of the problems with CHESS is that each component of the system stands individually, which means that only one tool can be used at a time. All patients receive the same information, so there is no way to individualize the information received. Information entered by the user cannot be shared with other parts of the system.

Reference:

Retrieved from "http://www.clinfowiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Comprehensive_Health_Enhancement_Support_System_-_CHESS&oldid=7799"