Title :
Coupling clinical decision support system with computerized prescriber order entry and their dynamic plugging in the medical workflow system
Author :
Bouzguenda, Lotfi ; Turki, Manel
Author_Institution :
Miracl Lab., Univ. of Sfax, Tunis, Tunisia
Abstract :
This work deals with coupling Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) with Computerized Prescriber Order Entry (CPOE) and their dynamic plugging in the medical Workflow Management System (WfMS). First, in this paper we argue some existing CDSS representative of the state of the art in order to emphasize their inability to deal with coupling with CPOE and medical WfMS. The multiagent technology is at the basis of our proposition since (i) it provides natural abstractions to deal with distribution, heterogeneity and autonomy which are inherent to the previous systems (CDSS, CPOE and medical WfMS), and (ii) it introduces powerful concepts such as organizations, goals and roles useful to describe in details the coordination of the different components involved in these systems. In this paper, we also propose a Multi-Agent System (MAS) to support the coupling CDSS with CPOE. Finally, we show how we integrate the proposed MAS in the medical workflow management system which is also based on collaborating agents.
Keywords :
decision support systems; medical administrative data processing; multi-agent systems; organisational aspects; workflow management software; CDSS; CPOE; WfMS; clinical decision support system; collaborating agents; computerized prescriber order entry; dynamic plugging; medical workflow management system; multiagent system; organizations; Couplings; Drugs; Medical diagnostic imaging; Multiagent systems; Organizations; Workflow management software; Clinical Decision Support System; Computerized Prescriber Order Entry; Multi-agent Technology and Medical Workflow management System;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology and e-Services (ICITeS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sousse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1167-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICITeS.2012.6216631