An Information System for Long-Distance Cooperation in Medicine

Kosch, Harald; Słota, Renata; Böszörményi, László; Kitowski, Jacek; Otfinowski, J

doi:10.1007/3-540-70734-4_28

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“…Telemedicine has given birth to many applications that let physicians be virtually standing next to the patient. They can be used to review X-rays or any type of digital medical image [6], to monitor all types of vital signs [7], to facilitate cooperation between physicians [8] and even to do surgery at a distance [9]. However, many of them require large investments in expensive medical equipment and information technology infrastructures, the immediate presence of the physician, and they usually bring the physician closer to the patient as opposed of bringing physicians closer to physicians.…”

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Ubiquitous Diagnosis: Assurance through Distribution and Collaboration

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Montejo

et al. 2006

2006 Pervasive Health Conference and Workshops

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Abstract-Diagnosis is an important process in patient care. A suitable diagnosis helps a physician determine a precise treatment. Physicians also have a tendency to seek collaboration from other colleagues and expert systems for better confidence in their decision. The sources of knowledge can be both human in the form of medical specialist, and artificial in the form of expert systems connected through Internet, thereby producing a network of distributed medical knowledge. A system that combines availability, cooperation and harmonization of all contributions in a diagnosis process will bring more confidence in healthcare for the physicians.Index Terms-Distributed knowledge, medical diagnosis, medical expert systems, pervasive healthcare applications, telemedicine.

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