Dynamic adaptation software for virtual interconsultation

Abstract

One of the most important problems in the interconsultation system originated in the rural sphere is to customize the behavior for each specialty, in order to achieve an efficient exchange among the health system actors. In previous experiences with application prototypes, the specialists participants in the requirements engineering process elaborate their specifications as a guide for rural health agent, resulting in so many interfaces as specialities they were consulted. This work present an application web design based on multilayer architecture that allows dynamic adaptation of behavior and user interfaces according to context conditions (such as specialty, interconsultation intended use, consultation, etc). The design also contains a system of electronic health record that essentially serves as a single repository of data from patient encounters and the consultations. The context conditions and the interconsulted speciality are described by metadata which determines the modules that are instantiated, composition of user interfaces and the parts of the patient medical record involved. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.