有鑑於行動通訊技術的進步,人們可以藉由不同的行動配備與其他的人溝通或獲得所需要的資訊及服務.也因為這樣,帶動了兼在具複雜及移動性的作業環境(例如醫院)下的研究及服務應用發展.
在醫院的作業環境下,需要大量的拹同合作以及資訊整合以提供即時的醫療服務.因為這些因素,這裡將情境感知的概念融入原本的醫院資訊系統中,以提供醫護人員最適恰,符合當下的資訊及服務應用

The innovation of mobile communication technologies, people can carry
heterogeneous mobile devices to communication with other people or to
retrieve necessary information and service. Also, some newly research areas
or applications be noticed and brings the development within complex and
mobility environment, such as hospital.
Hospitals are characterized by a high degree of collaborative work,
mobility, and information access from many devices or artifacts. Healthcare
environments are becoming ideal test-beds for pervasive and mobile
communication technologies. In contrast with other settings such a traffic
control rooms, information in hospitals is not generally concentrated in a single place but distributed among a collection of artifacts in different locations.
Because of these issues, we introduce a context awareness concept to
support medical staffs obtain suitable content in hospital setting.
In this paper we present the development of an agent-based mobile
collaborative system to support the intensive and distributed nature which
characterizes information management and collaboration in a hospital setting.

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