If the Worst Happens: Five Strategies for Developing and Leveraging Information Technology-Enabled Disaster Response in Healthcare

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dc.contributor.authorBala, Hillolen
dc.contributor.authorVenkatesh, Viswanathen
dc.contributor.authorVenkatraman, Srinivasanen
dc.contributor.authorBates, Jacken
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-24T14:12:13Zen
dc.date.available2022-05-24T14:12:13Zen
dc.date.issued2016-11-01en
dc.date.updated2022-05-09T04:22:37Zen
dc.description.abstractNatural disasters, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, cyclones, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, wildfires, and floods, have a profound impact on healthcare by limiting healthcare providers' ability to effectively provide patient care in the affected areas and respond to myriad healthcare needs of the affected population. The situation can potentially be exacerbated if healthcare providers do not have effective mechanisms in place for disaster response. The response to Hurricane Katrina, a Category 3 hurricane that made landfall in August 2005 and affected several states in the southwestern U.S., was a vivid example of how the lack of effective planning and responsiveness can affect healthcare services. In this paper, based on an extensive case study, which included a rigorous examination of the Veterans Health Administration's information technology (IT) infrastructure and its response to Hurricane Katrina, we present five strategies that healthcare organizations can undertake to develop and leverage IT-enabled disaster response. These include the development of: 1) an integrated IT architecture; 2) a universal data repository; 3) web-based disaster communication and coordination; 4) an IT-enabled disaster support system; and 5) standardized and integrated IT-enabled disaster response processes. We discuss how these strategies can help healthcare providers manage continuity and offer quality healthcare during natural disasters.en
dc.description.versionAccepted versionen
dc.format.extentPages 1545-1551en
dc.format.extent7 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2015.2477371en
dc.identifier.eissn2168-2208en
dc.identifier.issn2168-2194en
dc.identifier.issue6en
dc.identifier.orcidVenkatesh, Viswanath [0000-0001-8473-376X]en
dc.identifier.pmid26357415en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/110158en
dc.identifier.volume20en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIEEEen
dc.relation.urihttp://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000389846700010&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=930d57c9ac61a043676db62af60056c1en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectDisaster responseen
dc.subjectinformation technology (IT) strategyen
dc.subjectIT architectureen
dc.subjectnatural disasteren
dc.subjectuniversal data repository (UDR)en
dc.subject.meshHumansen
dc.subject.meshDisaster Planningen
dc.subject.meshInterneten
dc.subject.meshMedical Informaticsen
dc.titleIf the Worst Happens: Five Strategies for Developing and Leveraging Information Technology-Enabled Disaster Response in Healthcareen
dc.title.serialIEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informaticsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
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pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Businessen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Business/Business Information Technologyen
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