Agent based patient scheduling system

The continuous evolution of technology can be used to further improvements in our daily lives. Embedded smart technologies follow the same increasing trend of evolution. These technologies can greatly improve medical systems where, along with the services they provide, they can mimic intelligent behavior in hospitals. One such behavior allows doctors to be contacted in a short period of time in order to respond to the patient´s needs. This paper presents a system designed for this purpose, that uses embedded smart devices, tailored for hospitals, clinics, ambulatory services or treatment centers. The system drives to a patient scheduling scheme which can be used to store and distribute medical information according to its nature and importance. Emergencies are the main target of our system, due to the requirements of locating a relevant physician in a minimum period of time. In such cases, the proposed device can be used to locate a nearby doctor and notify him about the emergency within a few seconds.