In this paper we present the first system in Spanish capable of answering questions about medicines for human use, called MeQA (Medicines Question Answering), a project created by the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS, for its acronym in Spanish). Online services that offer medical help have proliferated considerably, mainly due to the current pandemic situation due to COVID-19. For example, websites such as Doctoralia, Savia, or SaludOnNet, offer Doctor Answers type consultations, in which patients or users can send questions to doctors and specialists, and receive an answer in less than 24 hours. Many of the questions received are related to medicines for human use, and most can be answered through the leaflets. Therefore, a system such as MeQA capable of answering these types of questions automatically could alleviate the burden on these websites, and it would be of great use to such patients.
翻译:在本文中,我们展示了西班牙第一个能够回答关于人用药物问题的系统,称为MeQA(药物问题回答),这是西班牙药品和保健产品机构(AEMPS,西班牙文缩写为AEMPS)创建的一个项目,提供医疗帮助的在线服务已大量增加,这主要是由于COVID-19造成的当前流行病状况。例如,Doctoralia、Savia或SaludOnNet等网站提供医生答复类型咨询,病人或使用者可以在24小时内向医生和专家提出问题并获得答复。 收到的许多问题都与人用药物有关,大部分可以通过传单回答。 因此,像MEQA这样的能够自动回答这类问题的系统可以自动减轻这些网站的负担,对于这类病人来说非常有用。