Title :
Multi-Agent System as a Platform for Management of Medical Documentation
Author_Institution :
Czech Tech. Univ. in Prague, Prague
Abstract :
The paper is focused on description of an ongoing project of a pilot study and implementation of a multi-agent system for management of medical documentation in a hospital. First we analyzed the problem and divided it into four groups of tasks: storing and retrieving stored data, user interaction, data archiving, and system security. All these tasks are performed by corresponding agents, namely user interface agent, database agent, archive agent, and security agent. Communication between the agents is a crucial point of the system operation. The system has been designed as an open system and we assume that it will be extended by additional agents with new functions, e.g. decision support, biomedical signal evaluation, laboratory test evaluation.
Keywords :
medical administrative data processing; medical computing; multi-agent systems; open systems; security of data; user interfaces; archive agent; biomedical signal evaluation; data archiving; data retrieval; data storage; database agent; decision support; hospital documentation; laboratory test evaluation; medical documentation management; multi-agent system; open system; security agent; system security; user interface agent; Communication system security; Data security; Databases; Documentation; Hospitals; Information retrieval; Multiagent systems; Project management; Signal design; User interfaces; Computer Security; Database Management Systems; Documentation; Information Dissemination; Information Storage and Retrieval; Medical Records Systems, Computerized; User-Computer Interface;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0787-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353125
