Four details:
1. Named Addressing Metastatic Individuals Everyday, or Nurse AMIE for short, the voice-driven capability lets patients connect with providers via Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa.
2. Nurse AMIE interacts with patients to address four key symptoms: pain, fatigue, sleep and psychosocial distress such as anxiety and depression.
3. Patients can open the skill on an Amazon Alexa Echo Show device each day and are given a questionnaire about their current symptoms; the device then generates recommended interventions such as guided meditation sessions and exercise videos.
4. Penn State researchers are conducting a controlled trial with metastatic breast cancer patients to learn more about the usability of the skill. The team hopes to expand Nurse AMIE-type support for other health issues.
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