AI-supported Health Coaching Model for Patients with Chronic Diseases

The global expenditure of healthcare systems on the management of chronic diseases is exhausting costs and efforts. This is due to the delicate nature of patients needing care constantly, as well as the chronic nature of the diseases. These two causes force patients to pay visits to their healthcare providers more frequently. Repetitive visits are countless, short in time, unmanageable and ineffective. The state of the art for managing chronic diseases focus on a shared effort between the patient and the physician in an ongoing process of collecting, monitoring, analyzing, and finally adapting the management program by the physician and the patient. Technology along with Artificial Intelligence (AI) made these processes easier. However, studies have rarely attempted to introduce models that integrated AI in health coaching plans for patients with chronic diseases. As health coaching is an integral part of some countries public health strategy. It is now used as a complementary medical intervention to shape healthy behavior change. In this paper we propose a model that puts health coaching along with AI in its core to 1. empower patients to effectively manage their chronic conditions 2. as well as to persuade them to adhere to their care management program for extended periods of time.