Title: Agent-Based System to Model Health Care Teams
Abstract:
In clinical practice, an Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team (IHT)
that follows a clinical workflow is often mandated with managing
patients representing complex medical cases. Such team includes
different health professionals and specialists whose actions are
driven by a shared common goal of providing evidence-based care to a
patient.This presentation discusses the development of Multi-Agent
System (MAS) that supports the execution of the workflow tasks to be
conducted by members of the IHT. A proof-of-concept implementation
of an IHT is being built around the concept of "capability", defined
as an ability to perform a clinical task. We are developing this MAS
based on MET4 using Java agent and workflow technologies (JADE and
WADE). The MAS will interact with an existing open source Electronic
Health Record system as well. A Pediatric Clinical Obesity
Management process is involved as a case study to motivate and
illustrate the system.