An Agent-Based Framework for Healthcare Support System
PRIMA '09 Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Principles of Practice in Multi-Agent Systems
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Journal of Network and Computer Applications
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It is a challenge to provide an efficient healthcare service for countries with continental dimensions. Mechanisms for a more efficient and better attendance of patients are necessary due to the increasing costs of health care systems. This work proposes the development of a system for monitoring vital signs (including ECG) through PDAs. Therefore, this has made possible the local attendance of patients by medical practitioners (here called health agents) with the support of specialist驴s physicians through a second opinion system. The proposed approach supports: recording and visualization of ECG waveforms. Moreover, patient驴s information can be transmitted to and from a remote health care server. In order to make easier the use by doctors and health agents, a user-friendly graphical interface has been developed. Methods for an efficient data access have been also developed to cope with storage constraints of PDAs.