HeCaSe2: A Multi-Agent System that Automates the Application of Clinical Guidelines

In electronic healthcare (e-Health) it is increasingly necessary to develop computerised applications to support people involved in providing basic medical care, reducing costs and providing relevant patient information at the point of care (Lenz, et al., 2007; Wyatt & Sullivan, 2007). A clinical guideline (in the following, CG) is a highly matured therapeutic plan that compiles optimum practices for treating patients in a well-defined medical syntax. Thus, the adoption of CGs is a promising way for standardising and improving health care practices (Field & Lohr, 1990; Mersmann & Dojat, 2004; Michie & Johnston, 2004). More concretely, CGs are a set of directions or principles to assist the health care practitioner with patient care decisions about appropriate diagnostic, AbStrACt

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