Computer-Supported Collaborative Work and Its Application to E-Health

Most of the articles published in the last years present the asynchronous collaborative components integrated into the E-Health complex applications. They do not refer to the synchronous collaboration among the medical staff. A possible approach is because E-Health systems are patient-centered and the physicians, nurses and paramedics have to collaborate in a transparent manner not being focused on the synchronous collaborative tools. Our proposal is focused on advanced concepts for improving the telemedicine services and the real time collaboration among the medical staff. The article is based on a virtual collaboration prototype that supports both interpersonal and inter-process collaborative services and can be considered the core of a virtual healthcare community.