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http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.12.7757

Multi-Agent Systems: Effective Approach for Cancer Care Information Management  

Mohammadzadeh, Niloofar (Health Information Management Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences)
Safdari, Reza (Health Information Management Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences)
Rahimi, Azin (School of Allied-Health Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences)
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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention / v.14, no.12, 2013 , pp. 7757-7759 More about this Journal
Abstract
Physicians, in order to study the causes of cancer, detect cancer earlier, prevent or determine the effectiveness of treatment, and specify the reasons for the treatment ineffectiveness, need to access accurate, comprehensive, and timely cancer data. The cancer care environment has become more complex because of the need for coordination and communication among health care professionals with different skills in a variety of roles and the existence of large amounts of data with various formats. The goals of health care systems in such a complex environment are correct health data management, providing appropriate information needs of users to enhance the integrity and quality of health care, timely access to accurate information and reducing medical errors. These roles in new systems with use of agents efficiently perform well. Because of the potential capability of agent systems to solve complex and dynamic health problems, health care system, in order to gain full advantage of E- health, steps must be taken to make use of this technology. Multi-agent systems have effective roles in health service quality improvement especially in telemedicine, emergency situations and management of chronic diseases such as cancer. In the design and implementation of agent based systems, planning items such as information confidentiality and privacy, architecture, communication standards, ethical and legal aspects, identification opportunities and barriers should be considered. It should be noted that usage of agent systems only with a technical view is associated with many problems such as lack of user acceptance. The aim of this commentary is to survey applications, opportunities and barriers of this new artificial intelligence tool for cancer care information as an approach to improve cancer care management.
Keywords
Cancer care; multi agent system; information management;
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