Healthcare Decision Support Systems at Home
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In this paper we discuss the projects of the AdvISe research lab at KU Leuven that introduce decision support systems into the homes of chronic-diseased patients or older persons. These projects aim to improve the quality of life of the subject, without increasing the health care
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