SBIR/STTR Research Award
THE WELLNESS MINDER
Award amount
$49,995Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Thinkalong Software, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOL FOR PERSONAL COMPUTERS THAT CAN ASSIST FAMILIES WITH HEALTH MAINTENANCE. A SOFTWARE PROGRAM WILL BE COMPOSED THAT ESTABLISHERS PERSONAL DATABASES WHICH CAN BE REVIEWED BY AN ENCODED EXPERT SYSTEM. SUCH A SYSTEM WOULD BE ABLE TO OMONITOR SCHEDULES AND RESULTS AS WELL AS OFFER HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS. COORDINATING AND UPDATING PREVENTIVE MEASURES SHOULD RESULT IN A MORE EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES AND ALSO ENHANCE THE AVOIDANCE AND EARLY DETECTION OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS. THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME WOULD BE HEALTHIER LIVES AND A DECREASE IN COSTS. A PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE KNOWLEDGE BASE WILL BE WRITTEN ONTO A EXISTING INFERENCE ENGINE TO CREATE AN EXPERT SYSTEM CAPABLE OF ACTING ON A PERSONAL DATABASE. PHASE I WOULD BE SUED TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP A PROTOTYPE ENTITLED "THE WELLNESS MINDER". PHASE II WOULD THEN HAVE MINIMAL PRIMARY RESEARCH, BUT RATHER WOULD BE DEVEOTED TO REVISION AND EXTENSIVE TESTING.
Technology keywords
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