<title>Information technology model for evaluating emergency medicine teaching</title>

The nature of emergency medicine is to be a transition hub for patients between providers, sites, and episodes of care. A critical safety hazard to EM patients is information loss between these nodes. Communication is information in motion. In emergency medicine, it proceeds at high density, precision, and tempo. A meaningful number of failures in EM care result from gaps in information management. Clinical communications involve myriad channels, which are increasingly electronic and asynchronous, beyond telephones, radios, pagers, and faxes. This chapter explores a range of electronic communication options and applications relevant to emergency medicine, with the objective of identifying benefits and risks to be considered when using health information technology to improve patient safety and care effectiveness.

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Developing Consensus in Emergency Medicine Information Technology

Academic Emergency Medicine ◽

10.1197/j.aem.2004.08.006 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. 1109-1111 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

J. A. Handler

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Emergency Medicine ◽

Medicine Information

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Information Technology and Public Health Management of Disasters—A Model for South Asian Countries

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine ◽

10.1017/s1049023x00002156 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 54-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Dolly Mathew

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Information Technology ◽

Emergency Medicine ◽

Information Systems ◽

Disaster Management ◽

South Asian ◽

Health Management ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Emergency Relief ◽

Public Health Management

AbstractThis paper highlights the use of information technology (IT) in disaster management and public health management of disasters. Effective health response to disasters will depend on three important lines of action: (1) disaster preparedness; (2) emergency relief; and (3) management of disasters. This is facilitated by the presence of modern communication and space technology, especially the Internet and remote sensing satellites. This has made the use of databases, knowledge bases, geographic information systems (GIS), management information systems (MIS), information transfer, and online connectivity possible in the area of disaster management and medicine.This paper suggests a conceptual model called, “The Model for Public Health Management of Disasters for South Asia”. This Model visualizes the use of IT in the public health management of disasters by setting up the Health and Disaster Information Network and Internet Community Centers, which will facilitate cooperation among all those in the areas of disaster management and emergency medicine. The suggested infrastructure would benefit the governments, non-government organizations, and institutions working in the areas of disaster and emergency medicine, professionals, the community, and all others associated with disaster management and emergency medicine. The creation of such an infrastructure will enable the rapid transfer of information, data, knowledge, and online connectivity from top officials to the grassroots organizations, and also among these countries regionally. This Model may be debated, modified, and tested further in the field to suit the national and local conditions. It is hoped that this exercise will result in a viable and practical model for use in public health management of disasters by South Asian countries.

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