Conf-eHealth: uma arquitetura para o desenvolvimento de aplicações eHealth com confiabilidade

Abstract

This work presents the Conf-eHealth architecture, which aims to be a reference model for developing eHealth applications with trustworthiness. The architecture is relevant due to the needs of technologies related to patient monitoring. Initially, a systematic literature review was carried out on the state of the art of eHealth applications and the main challenges faced in their development. After the literature review, the proposed reference architecture is described. The conception of needs, quality attributes and the methodology used to build the architecture are described and subsequently the architecture is presented through the concept of architectural visions. In order to guarantee the desired quality attributes, the work presents the evaluation of the proposed architecture in two parts. First an architectural evaluation was carried out based on the Software Architecture Analysis Method, resulting in a conceptual understanding of the architecture’s ability to encompass quality attributes. Afterwards, an experiment was carried out, involving the construction of a mobile application according to the component mapped in the proposed architecture, explaining the possibility of implementing this component using a real database. The results show that the application is capable of handling the data received and assisting in decision making accurately. Finally, the conclusions of the work are presented, highlighting the results achieved, the importance of the Conf-eHealth architecture for the advancement of the area and indicating future work.