Research Objective:
To create a technological platform through which physicians and patients can collaborate on a real-time basis, and in doing so, optimize a patient’s overall health condition.
Collaborators:
NXT, John Moore, MD of the MIT Media Lab, Department of Defense
Overview:
Imagine being able to looking at your meds and test results, in real time. Reviewing your follow-up dietary instructions. Accessing and discussing findings from a number of specialists. Viewing statistics that show how your overall health is being managed. All on one screen, with your physician, at one time.
That’s the promise of CollaboRhythm, a technological framework under development by John Moore, MD, a researcher at the MIT Media Lab. The foundation of CollaboRhythm is a speech- and touch-controlled collaborative interface through which doctor and patient access data and make shared decisions. Through a partnership with NXT that began in 2009, Dr. Moore is demonstrating how this technology will be implemented across the continuum of care: in the inpatient room, the physician office, and the home.
A working prototype has been installed at the NXT lab to further test the concept, and the research team is applying customizations based on feedback and suggestions from other NXT partners to address different clinical scenarios and environments.
- Engages and empowers patients to assume greater responsibility for their health
- Gives patients access to physician input and attention through communication channels such as smart phones, computers, television screens
- Allows physicians to be more involved with patients without compromising clinical workflow systems
- Uses speech recognition, natural language processing, conversational systems, and affective technologies to create shared communications platforms
