Touch screens do not require knowledge of the keyboard and may bean invaluable keyboard replacement for selecting items on a computer screen. Research is now advancing rapidly in the areas of computer vision, voice and handwriting recognition, and thought interpretation, enabling humans to use computers in a more natural way. When a patient is logged-on to the present computer system, a welcoming screen prints their name so that they can identify with the teaching process and see that it is especially for them. These personalised prompts can also be used above menus and on any print-outs the patient may request. Computer systems for specific disorders can give general or personalised information to patients.
Doctors receive many visits from patients with symptoms due to minor illnesses.
Such information should be widely available, be accurate, easy and cheap to use, and be understandable to a wide socio-economic spectrum without specialised medical knowledge. Reducing the patient burden on general practices and hospitals may create better job satisfaction for practising physicians and save costly health care resources. A summary of patient CAL systems for specific medical disorders. The general public watch, on average, over twenty-five hours of television per week and this medium is ideal for conveying health information. Public television teletext services already contain health pages.