Chapter
Agent-Based Careflow for Patient-Centred Palliative Care
Abstract
In this paper, we propose the use of an agent-based architecture to enhance workflow system capacity to support interprofessional, patient-centred palliative care delivery. This paper outlines the concept of palliative care and describes how agents can be used to assist care providers to address the needs of the patient and family. Agents are described in terms of the services they provide, and the dependencies among them (which determine the …
Authors
Ruan J; MacCaull W; Jewers H
Book title
Electronic Healthcare
Series
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Volume
69
Pagination
pp. 285-294
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2011
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-23635-8_36