International journal of medical informatics
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Patients can be used as a resource to enter their own pertinent medical information. This study will evaluate the feasibility of an intelligent computer medical history-taking device directed at patients in the emergency department (ED). ⋯ This feasibility study has shown that the computer history-taking device is well accepted by patients and that such a system can be integrated into the normal process of patient triage without delaying patient care. Such a system can serve as an initial mode for documentation and data acquisition directly from the patient.