System design and development for a CSCW based remote oral medical diagnosis system

The computer supported cooperative work (CSCW) based cooperative medical diagnosis environment has an extensive application in the modern healthcare organizations. This paper presents the design and development of a CSCW based remote cooperative oral medical diagnosis system. The system is designed to provide a dynamic environment for oral healthcare professionals to access patient information and increase the capacities of the patient consultation, interactive medical service and medical record management. The system also provides a cooperative oral medical imaging diagnosis environmental that allows doctors located in different hospitals to achieve a cooperative diagnosis through the oral images tool, telemedicine, oral electronic patient records (OEPR) and videoconference. The system framework, system architecture design, system integration and some key technical issues are investigated and described in the paper. The system can be applied as a cooperative environmental for hospitals and dentists to provide the remote oral medical service and improve synergies between the oral medical professionals and the healthcare organizations.