The tablet-based Alexa skill will provide cancer patients with personalized and supportive care to relieve symptoms. Author: Jermaine Rowley (FOX43) Updated: 11:03 PM EDT April 29, 2021
HERSHEY, Pa. Nurse AMIE will soon be assisting patients with metastatic breast cancer.
AMIE isn t your traditional nurse though. She can be accessed via an Amazon Alexa skill.
Experts from the Penn State University’s College of Medicine and the College of Information Sciences and Technology developed the tablet-based Alexa skill to provide cancer patients with personalized and supportive care to relieve symptoms. The number one thing that metastatic breast cancer patients say when asked about what do you want is more symptom help, Kathryn Schmitz, distinguished professor at Penn State College of Medicine. But they don t have time to come back to another appointment, said Schmitz.
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13 faculty named 2021 distinguished professors at Penn State
The distinguished professor title recognizes outstanding academic contribution to the University. This special academic title is bestowed upon a limited number of outstanding professors for whom endowed chairs or professorships are otherwise unavailable.Image: Greg Grieco
13 faculty named 2021 distinguished professors at Penn State
February 15, 2021
Penn State s Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs has named 13 distinguished professors for 2021.
The distinguished professor title recognizes outstanding academic contribution to the University. This special academic title is bestowed upon a limited number of outstanding professors for whom endowed chairs or professorships are otherwise unavailable.
The University s 2021 distinguished professors are: