UMA FERRAMENTA COLABORATIVA DE AUXÍLIO AO DIAGNÓSTICO MÉDICO PARA AMBIENTES DISTRIBUÍDOS

Abstract

The cooperative work is a way to solve problems, dividing the problems in parts that can be decided by groups. The collaborative processes have been used with the objective of reducing time and costs. In this work we present collaborative tool, which share medical information and offers a discussion s environment and decision s support. The cooperative activities definition and the control of these activities also are focus of this work. We present as a main focus, a way to management heterogeneous environments, with the implementation of a collaborative interface, besides providing a multi-platform, distributed, multi-user and cooperative application, and a alternative cooperative argument model. The work is organized in 5 chapters where we cover from the cooperative work and the applications groupware, going through a demonstration of tool s capabilities. At the end of this work we will make some final considerations where we propose improvements and suggestions for future works.