A multi-agent architecture for interoperable medical information systems

The Medical information systems evolve constantly. The quality of the medical information system relies on competences, qualifications, and the organization of the participating partners. Those last ones belong to heterogeneous and autonomous information systems. So, it is necessary to assure a permanent cooperation. This paper shows a coherent architectural framework that allows the development of interoperable medical information systems in measure or these systems evolve. The essential idea is to use concepts of multi-agent systems to perform the different activities of medical information system and thus, to adapt the solutions provided by the agent paradigm to solve the different problems encountered while establishing a medical information system.