Patient flow within a healthcare facility may follow different and, sometimes, complicated paths. Each path phase is associated with the documentation of the activities carried out during it and may require the consultation of clinical guidelines, medical literature and the use of specific software and decision aid systems. In this study we present the design of a Patient Flow Management System (PFMS) based on MultiAgent Systems (MAS) methodology. System requirements were identified by means of process modeling tools and a MAS consisting of six agents was designed and is under construction. Its main goal is to support both the medical staff during the health care process and the hospital managers in assuring that all the required documentation is completed and available. Moreover, such a tool can be used for the assessment and comparison of different clinical pathways, in order to identify possible improvements and the optimum patient flow.

A Multi-Agent System for Monitoring Patient Flow / Rosati, Samanta; Tralli, Augusta; Balestra, Gabriella. - ELETTRONICO. - (2013), pp. 944-944. (Intervento presentato al convegno MEDINFO 2013 tenutosi a Copenhagen) [10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-944].

A Multi-Agent System for Monitoring Patient Flow

ROSATI, SAMANTA;BALESTRA, Gabriella
2013

Abstract

Patient flow within a healthcare facility may follow different and, sometimes, complicated paths. Each path phase is associated with the documentation of the activities carried out during it and may require the consultation of clinical guidelines, medical literature and the use of specific software and decision aid systems. In this study we present the design of a Patient Flow Management System (PFMS) based on MultiAgent Systems (MAS) methodology. System requirements were identified by means of process modeling tools and a MAS consisting of six agents was designed and is under construction. Its main goal is to support both the medical staff during the health care process and the hospital managers in assuring that all the required documentation is completed and available. Moreover, such a tool can be used for the assessment and comparison of different clinical pathways, in order to identify possible improvements and the optimum patient flow.
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