Automated monitoring of medical protocols: A secure and distributed architecture

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 367-392

  Alsinet, T ^a   Ansotegui C ^a   Bejar R ^a   Fernandez C ^a   Manya F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distributed monitoring; Medical protocols; Multi agent system architecture; Secure communication layer; Specification and representation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PATIENT MONITORING;

MEDICAL PROTOCOLS;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; MONITORING; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037345782     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0933-3657(03)00010-1     Document Type: Article

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