Integration of the HL7 Standard in a Multiagent System to Support Personalized Access To e-Health Services
Integration
of the HL7 Standard in a Multiagent
System
to Support Personalized Access
To e-Health
Services
Abstract:
In this paper,
we present a multiagent system to support patients in search of healthcare
services in an e-health scenario. The proposed system is HL7-aware in that it
represents both patient and service information according to the directives of
HL7, the information management standard adopted in medical context. Our system
builds a profile for each patient and uses it to detect Healthcare Service
Providers delivering e-health services potentially capable of satisfying his
needs. In order to handle this search it can exploit three different
algorithms: the first, called PPB, uses only information stored in the patient
profile; the second, called DSPPB, considers both information stored in the
patient profile and similarities among the e-health services delivered by the
involved providers; the third, called AB, relies on A_, a popular search
algorithm in Artificial Intelligence. Our system builds also a social network
of patients; once a patient submits a query and retrieves a set of services
relevant to him; our system applies a spreading activation technique on this
social network to find other patients who may benefit from these services.
Existing System:
Ø
In
the existing system HCSPs often use proprietary formats to represent data and
services; as a consequence, their interoperability and comparison are generally
difficult.
Ø
Medical
resources and services are often described by means of specialized terms. As a
consequence, patient queries usually fail to match with documents describing
medical resources and services.
Ø
This
might cause two, generally co-occurring, consequences. The former is that a
query answer might contain a large number of useless proposals that fail to
fulfill patient needs (false positives).
Ø
The
latter is that a query answer could ignore a large number of proposals that
might be useful to the patient (false negatives).
Proposed System:
Ø
In
this paper, we present a multiagent system to support patients in search of
healthcare services in an e-health scenario.
Ø
The
proposed system is HL7-aware in that it represents both patient and service
information according to the directives of HL7, the information management
standard adopted in medical context.
Ø System builds a
profile for each patient and uses it to detect Healthcare Service Providers
delivering e-health services potentially capable of satisfying his needs.
Ø The proposed
system combines submitted queries with the corresponding patient profiles to
identify those services that are likely to satisfy patient needs and desires.
In this task, it fruitfully exploits all features characterizing Intelligent
Agents (e.g., proactiveness, autonomy, and sociality)
Ø It builds also a
social network of patients; once a patient submits a query and retrieves a set
of services relevant to him.
Ø Our system
applies a spreading activation technique on this social network to find other
patients who may benefit from these services.
Ø
Proposed
system consists five main components namely. Patient Agent, Health Care Service
Provider, Coordinator Agent, Healthcare Service-Provider Database, Patient
Profile Database.
KEYWORDS:
Generic Technology Keywords: Database,
User Interface, Programming
Specific Technology Keywords: C#.Net,
ASP.Net with WCF, MS SqlServer-08
Project Keywords: Presentation, Business Object, Data Access Layer, Database
SDLC Keywords: Analysis, Design, Code, Testing, Implementation, Maintenance
SYSTEM
CONFIGURATION
HARDWARE
CONFIGURATION
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S.NO
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HARDWARE
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CONFIGURATIONS
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1
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Operating System
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Windows 2000 & XP
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|
2
|
RAM
|
1GB
|
|
3
|
Processor (with Speed)
|
Intel
Pentium IV (3.0 GHz) and Upwards
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|
4
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Hard Disk Size
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40 GB and above
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5
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Monitor
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15’ CRT
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SOFTWARE
CONFIGURATION
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S.NO
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SOFTWARE
|
CONFIGURATIONS
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1
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Platform
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Microsoft Visual Studio
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2
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Framework
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.Net Framework 4.0
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3
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Language
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C#.Net
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4
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Front End
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Asp.net, html, WCF
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5
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Back End
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SQL Server 2008
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