Title :
Facilitating physician-patient dialogue through ontology negotiation
Author :
Bailin, S.C. ; Lehmann, H.B.
Abstract :
Bi-directional miscommunication between health care providers and consumers can have adverse effects on the immediate participants, as well as long-term effects on populations of providers and consumers. Miscommunications regarding rationales for treatment, for example, can have far-reaching effects on both physician and patient behavior. We have tried to show how an agent-based tool, equipped with ontology negotiation, could help a physician communicate effectively with a patient. This seems to be a new application of ontology mapping.
Keywords :
diseases; medical expert systems; medical information systems; patient care; patient diagnosis; patient treatment; adverse effects; agent-based tool; bi-directional miscommunication; health care consumers; health care providers; ontology mapping; ontology negotiation; patient behavior; physician-patient dialogue; treatment; Animal structures; Bidirectional control; Diseases; Erbium; History; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Medical treatment; Ontologies; Shape measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2003. Proceedings. 16th IEEE Symposium
Conference_Location :
New York, NY, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1901-6
DOI :
10.1109/CBMS.2003.1212797
