A Context Broker for Better Access to Quality and Cost-effective Healthcare

摘要: Abstract: Context refers to the particular settings that give additional information on reasons behind set of data is obtained and its value end user. often derived through inferences reasoning techniques, aim being disambiguation, reducing doubts, improve confidence levels. In essence, context determined based factors including time, location, frequency, participating persons devices, etc. It critical for be considered in context, albeit quality equally important. How collected (processes), usefulness (validity), correctness (accuracy), up-to-dateness (latest facts) are just some key parameters evaluating processed. recent years, there has been numerous attempts deploy middeware agents such as brokers a myriad applications domains retail, education, healthcare. The broker presented this paper addresses healthcare issues: availability, cost quality. This general specialised needs specific medical fields, it especially useful emergency situations. showcases how can used enhance provision cost-effective services across 34 main centres city Pretoria. collects queries from users (patients or their dependents), them best most affordable hospitals basis geographical financial status, care availability requested at time request made.