Springer - Series Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol. 72In recent years there has been a growing interest in developing Ambient
Intelligence based systems in order to create smart environments for user and environmental
monitoring. In fact, higher-level monitoring systems with vital information
about the user and the environment around him/her represents an improvement
of the quality of care provided. In this paper, we propose an architecture that implements
a multi-agent user-profile based system for patient monitoring aimed to
improve the assistance and health care provided. This system mixes logical based
reasoning mechanisms with context-aware technologies. It is also presented a case
based on a scenario developed at a major Portuguese healthcare institution