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- Collector Agent (CA): Mobile agent in charge of discovering and collecting doc-
ument references.
-RemoteBroker(RB): Agent in charge of attending incoming agents asking for
patient references.
- Local Broker (LB): Agent that receives mobile agents coming back and takes the
medical information provided by them.
- Document Broker (DB): Agent that manages the needed documentation about a
patient. It will retrieve from other platforms the referenced documents provided by
the CA collection actions.
Figure 2 shows an overview of the proposed mobile agent application. The main archi-
tectural functional steps are described in more detail below:
Fig. 2. Overview of the proposed mobile agent application.
Step I - A clinical episode is scheduled creating a new data collection event. This
event contains patient information (identification numbers), a date, and a set of known
data locations. Based on the scheduled date the MS will start in advance a CA that
carries the Patient ID (the National Social Security Number for example) and a set of
locations to be visited.
Step II - When the CA reaches the first location it asks for information about the
patient it represents. In each institutional system there is a RB which is in charge of
attending incoming agents asking for patient data. This RB authenticates the incoming
agent, and provides it with the information requested. The CA can request for local