The need for a new healthcare system that is usable anytime and anyplace is growing due to paradigm shift from health supervision to health preservation, the increasing number of the elderly. Activities in this field include acquiring, man aging, and using biomedical information from personal to global level, to enhance quality and efficiency of medical care and the response to widespread publi...

One of the most important aspects which information technology deployments must fulfill are business continuity requirements. In a highly competitive market, business users of information technology are aware that even a slight downtime of their application will result in financial loss and even some potential customers. A second reason is that the information stored in their databases is very ...

Although emergency services have already recognized the importance of citizen-initiated activities during disasters, still questions with regard to the coordination of spontaneous volunteers and their activities arise. Within our article, we will present a technological approach based on public displays which aims to foster situated crowdsourcing between affected citizens, spontaneous volunteer...

conclusions according to the findings of the present study, more attention should be paid to the mission and vision of the organizations in disaster preparedness. to improve the disaster preparedness measures, more emphasis should be placed on other disaster preparedness strategies such as response mechanisms and information systems. methods this was a qualitative research, which utilized conte...

This paper utilizes the Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) to carry on the analysis and the predictions of the agriculture drought trend in Guangdong Province, trying to provide a reference for predictions and forecasting of the agricultural drought trend. After decomposing the anomaly signals of precipitation and undulating signals of agriculture drought condition, four IMF components were obt...

Background: The preparedness and safety of hospitals in disasters are essential to maintain the health and survival of the community. Numerous studies have shown that the level of preparedness of Iranian hospitals is moderate and low. Lack of comprehensive hospital standards for disaster preparedness is one of the reasons. This study aimed to develop hospital accreditation standards for hospita...

Natural-hazard triggered technological accidents (natechs) at industrial facilities have been recognized as an emerging risk. Adequate preparedness, proper emergency planning, and effective response are crucial for the prevention of natechs and mitigation of the consequences. Under the conditions of a natural disaster, the limited resources, the possible unavailability of mitigation measures, a...

The twentieth century has witnessed the appearance of a whole new series of man-made or technological disasters, resulting from enormously increased industrial growth and chemical utilization. Vast amounts of chemical or potential energy are now focused in highly concentrated areas; unanticipated events can lead to uncontrollable releases with devastating effects (Parrish et at., 1987). Uninten...

A broad range of health problems are related to disasters. Insight into these health problems is needed for targeted disaster management. Disaster health outcome assessment can provide insight into the health effects of disasters. During the 15th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine in Amsterdam (2007), experts in the field of disaster epidemiology discussed important aspects of di...

The educational and research program "Disaster Nursing in a Ubiquitous Society in Japan" has facilitated the development of various networks for disaster nursing, disaster nursing care strategies, and disaster nursing education. Replication of these activities related to disaster nursing are encouraged globally to improve disaster outcomes.