The Consumer–Provider Relationship in the Dental Industry

<p>A WS provides the communication between heterogeneous systems. While performing this operation, we need to focus on QoS of consumer, provider and registry directory. There will be some parameters like WS selection, prediction and rank these are parameters need to consider while QoS implementation in web services. While performing integration in web services we need to focus on QoS requirements regarding server and network performance. Performance of WS is related to locations i.e the network distance and the Internet connections between consumer and provider. There will be more QoS approach which works on consumers collected QoS data, based on this data system can predict the QoS of WS. Throughput and response time are the QoS of WS. In this paper, we have proposed parallel XML parser, by which we can parse UDDI, WSDL and SOAP XML files parallel by which it will improve the response time and throughput of WS.</p>

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Mediated consumer–provider communication in cancer care: the empowering potential of new technologies

Patient Education and Counseling ◽

10.1016/s0738-3991(03)00089-2 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 99-104 ◽

Cited By ~ 47

Author(s):

Richard L. Street

Keyword(s):

Cancer Care ◽

New Technologies ◽

Provider Communication ◽

Consumer Provider

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Guidelines, the Internet, and Personal Health

Methods of Information in Medicine ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1634441 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 41 (03) ◽

pp. 230-234 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

J. R. Moehr

Keyword(s):

Health Informatics ◽

The Internet ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Delivery Modes ◽

Traditional Health ◽

Health Consumer ◽

Care Maps ◽

Internet Support ◽

Consumer Provider ◽

Different Content

Summary Objectives: To summarize the insights gained in collaborative research in a Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence, devoted to the promotion of evidence-based practice, and to relate this experience to Internet support of health promotion and consumer health informatics. Methods: A subjective review of insights is undertaken. Results: Work directed the development of systems incorporating guidelines, care maps, etc., for use by professionals met with limited acceptance. Evidence-based tools for health care consumers are a desirable complement but require radically different content and delivery modes. In addition to evidence-based material offered by professionals, a wide array of Internet-based products and services provided by consumers for consumers emerged and proved a beneficial complement. Conclusion: The consumer-driven products and services provided via the Internet are a potentially important and beneficial complement of traditional health services. They affect the health consumer-provider roles and require changes in healthcare practices.

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