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In this paper we present a multi-agent system aiming at supporting patients to search health care services of their interest in an e-health scenario. The proposed system is HL7-aware in that it represents both patient and service information according to the directives of HL7, the information management standard adopted in medical context. In this paper we illustrate the technical characteristics of our system and we present a comparison between it and other related systems already proposed in the literature.
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De Meo, P., Di Quarto, G., Quattrone, G., Ursino, D. (2006). An HL7-Aware Multi-agent System for Efficiently Handling Query Answering in an e-Health Context. In: Meersman, R., Tari, Z. (eds) On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2006: CoopIS, DOA, GADA, and ODBASE. OTM 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4275. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11914853_61
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