Introduction to Technology Mediated Collaborations in Healthcare Minitrack

Collaboration technologies are being used in healthcare research, practice, and management. They have potential for even greater use especially in the light of healthcare reforms occurring throughout many countries and greater emphasis on technology to facilitate superior healthcare delivery. Geographically dispersed health professionals can use collaboration technology to communicate with each other, review patient records, manage workflows, and improve the delivery of patient care. The problem being addressed by this mini-track is encapsulated in an ontology. The seven papers in the mini-track address different combinations of the ontology.