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Artificial Intelligence Tools in Health Information Management
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Abstract
Application of ICT in health (eHealth) has become an integral part of modern healthcare systems. Electronic
health information management has proven useful in improving quality of health care, reducing
costs and facilitating health research. However, the increasing complexity of healthcare and the growing
demand for high quality healthcare delivery has created a need for eHealth systems with the capability of
anticipating the future need for information, delivering the information timely to patients and professionals,
supporting communication, facilitating coordination and enhancing the performance of decision support
systems. Agent-based systems, which operate by artificial intelligence, have shown great promise to meet
these challenging needs and to realize the full potential of eHealth systems. In this paper we provide a brief
review of application of agent-based systems in chronic disease care.
Conclusions
Dynamic health environments are dependent on speedy access
to real-time health information and high interoperability
among different providers with various skills. These requirements
make the use of eHealth and information
management system imperative for achieving high performance
healthcare delivery. In this context, agent technology
and artificial intelligence facilitate taking full advantage
of eHealth systems. Agent-based systems can improve
interoperability, maintain the autonomy of the collaborating
participants, facilitate health information, provide expert
knowledge management, and improve e-learning.