ICH99 - Learning and Telehealth for Consumers of Health Information

Interactive Breast Cancer Multimedia Decision Aids for the Internet

Dr. Yuri Quintana (University of Western Ontario)

Abstract

This presentation will describe the design issues for interactive multimedia consumer decision aids for the Internet. An evidence-based interactive breast cancer surgery decision aid will be presented that allows patients to view graphics, text, audio and interactive tools to help them decide on an appropriate breast cancer surgery plan. The current electronic decision aid has been designed to be delivered in CD-ROM and web site format and incorporates a rule-based system to allow customized patient feedback based on user inputs. The design of the system's streaming audio and video will be discussed and how it can be intergrated into interactive television.

About Dr. Yuri Quintana

Dr. Yuri Quintana is a faculty member at The University of Western Ontario in the faculty of Information and Media Studies. He teaches in the Masters and Doctoral programs in Library and Information Science. Dr. Quintana is a computer engineer with an interest in human factors in consumer computing applications. His research is focusing in digital libraries, interactive media and consumer health information systems. He is currently studying how the Internet is being used by breast cancer patients, digital multimedia storytelling techniques and interactive medical education. Dr. Quintana is also developing advanced methods to index, filter and retrieve medical information f rom the Internet with funding from the HealNet Federal Center of Excellence in Evidence-based Health Information. Dr. Quintana is also working on advanced interactive technologies to index, browse and retrieve art images in digital museum applications with funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

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