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Multiagent based problem solving in medical decision support systems

Bibliographic Details
Summary:	Healthcare is a major candidate for improvement in any vision of the kinds of "infor- mation highways" and "information societies" that are now being visualized. One important consid- eration for the 21st century is to create a telemedi- cal information society whereby patient’s medical data can be accessed globally and transparently of any storage and communication medium. The medical data related to a particular patient may be in various mediums from textural reports to a sur- gery planning video. This information may also be located in various databases and hospital informa- tion systems, and used in medical decision support systems.
Main Authors:	Machado, José Manuel
Other Authors:	Abelha, António; Santos, Manuel; Neves, José
Year:	2006
Country:	Portugal
Document type:	conference paper
Access type:	restricted access
Associated institution:	Universidade do Minho
Language:	English
Origin:	RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho

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Summary:	Healthcare is a major candidate for improvement in any vision of the kinds of "infor- mation highways" and "information societies" that are now being visualized. One important consid- eration for the 21st century is to create a telemedi- cal information society whereby patient’s medical data can be accessed globally and transparently of any storage and communication medium. The medical data related to a particular patient may be in various mediums from textural reports to a sur- gery planning video. This information may also be located in various databases and hospital informa- tion systems, and used in medical decision support systems.