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Integrating Mobile-Based Systems with Healthcare Databases

Integrating Mobile-Based Systems with Healthcare Databases
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Author(s): Yu Jiao (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA), Ali R. Hurson (Pennsylvania State University, USA), Thomas E. Potok (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)and Barbara G. Beckerman (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
Copyright: 2007
Pages: 29
Source title: Web Mobile-Based Applications for Healthcare Management
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Latif Al-Hakim (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-658-7.ch009

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Abstract

In this chapter, we discuss issues related to e-health and focus on two major challenges in distributed healthcare database management: database heterogeneity and user mobility. We designed and prototyped a mobile-agent-based mobile data-access system framework that can address these challenges. It applies a thesaurus-based hierarchical database federation to cope with database heterogeneity and utilizes the mobile-agent technology to respond to the complications introduced by user mobility and wireless networks. The functions provided by this system are described in detail and a performance evaluation is also provided.

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