Abstract
Modern medical information management is a knowledge intensive activity requiring a high degree of interoperability across various health management entities. Ontology-based multi-agent systems provide a framework for interactions in a distributed medical systems environment without the limitations of a more traditional client server approach. In this paper, we describe electronic Medical Agent System (eMAGS) a multi-agent system with an ontology based on an accepted public health message standard, Health Level Seven (HL7), to facilitate the flow of patient information across a whole healthcare organisation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 817-836 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Computers in Biology and Medicine |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 7-8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2006 |
Keywords
- Health level seven
- Heterogeneous medical information systems
- Interoperability
- Mobile agents
- Ontology