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Munier Slide 13

AHRQ Collaboration to Support the Partnership for Patients (P for P)

Text version of slide presentation from a National Advisory Council meeting.

AHRQ-Funded Project: Virtual Discharge Advocate

Text Description is below the image.

  • Using Innovative Communication Technology to Improve Health of Young African-American Women:
    • Part of the Project RED [Re-Engineered Discharge] Initiative to reduce re-hospitalizations.
    • Boston University project using a "virtual nurse" during the discharge process.
    • Simulates face-to-face interaction between a patient and nurse, based on individual patient's medical data.

Project RED Avatar "Louise."

Image: The avatar "Louise" is shown holding a hospital plan.


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Internet Citation: Munier Slide 13. Content last reviewed November 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2011-07-nac/munier/muniersl13.html

 

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