title: A Cloud Based Real-Time Collaborative Platform for eHealth.
abstract: For more than a decade, the eHealth initiative has been a government concern of many countries. In an Electronic Health Record (EHR) System, there is a need for sharing the data with a group of specialists simultaneously. Collaborative platforms alone are just a part of a solution, while a collaborative platform with parallel editing capabilities and with synchronized data streaming are stringently needed. In this paper, the design and implementation of a collaborative platform used in healthcare is introduced by describing the high level architecture and its implementation. A series of eHealth services are identified and usage examples in a healthcare environment are given.
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ionescu
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gadea
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ionescu
authors.affiliation: Politehnica University Timişoara, Romania.
authors.forename: Vasile
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stoicu-Tivadar
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Mircea
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trifan
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D000067917:Cloud Computing; D003199:Computer Systems; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000379:methods*; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration*