title: An adaptive scheduling model for a multi-agent based VEPR data collection actions.
abstract: With the purpose of improving the access to departmental legacy information systems, a multi agent based Virtual Electronic Patient Record (VEPR) was deployed at a major Portuguese Hospital. The agent module (MAID) is in charge of identifying new data produced (reports), collecting and making it available through an integrated web interface. The deployed MAID system uses a static interval for checking the existence of new data, however from the gathered data regarding each department data production it is observable a variable rate throughout the day. In order to address this variability an adaptive model was developed and tested in a simulated environment with real data. The model takes in consideration the past report production profiles for determining a variable query frequency in order to reduce the average time to make data available minimizing the number of departmental requests.
authors.affiliation: CINTESIS - Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems. Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vieira-Marques
authors.affiliation: CINTESIS - Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems. Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jácome
authors.affiliation: CINTESIS - Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems. Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hilário-Patriarca
authors.affiliation: CINTESIS - Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems. Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cruz-Correia
mesh_terms: D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D062527:Meaningful Use; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000379:methods*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface