The Role Of Technology And Collaboration In An Effective Emergency Response
The role of Technology and Collaboration in an Effective Emergency Response
Technology plays an important role in making emergency response decision. Technology is used to receive necessary information and data needed to implement an effective emergency response plan. Collaboration among communities also has an impact on the effectiveness and success on the implementation of emergency response plan. People in communities and businesses in technology can help control and can contain the infectious diseases.
Public health leader can utilize available technology and collaboration to make an effective decision during emergency response for situation such as Ebola incident in America where a patient who has close contact with an infected Ebola …show more content…
Electronic medical system will eliminate error such as healthcare provider forgetting to ask the patient necessary question such as if they have travel outside of the country to the countries with Ebola outbreaks or if they have been in contact with anyone that has been infected with Ebola virus. For example, travel history of Thomas Duncan an Ebola patient who died at the Presbyterian hospital in Texas was obtained, but he was discharge without been diagnose for Ebola virus. (Mandl, 2014) This incident could have been prevented if electronic medical record system was used which will triage and prevent misdiagnose of the …show more content…
Public health leaders need support of the communities’ leaders and information technology companies in order to perform their jobs effectively and efficiently. CDC implement a program called Communities Of Practice (COP) to learn and engage communities who share same concerns and have common goals. (Mobery, Gibbs-Scharf and Bara, 2013) Collaboration among the communities and public health leader will reduce the potential spreading of the infection in the local communities. For example, Public health leaders can provide necessary tools and educate people in the local communities in West Africa on the preventative measure for preventing and controlling spreading of disease such as Ebola. For example, people who have been in close contact with Ebola patient will use necessary precaution and protection when around the infected person. Also, increasing the disease symptom awareness in the communities will reduce lateness in treatment for the disease. For instance, Mr Duncan could have provided more information on the symptoms he is having, and that he was in contact with someone who has been infected with
Technology plays an important role in making emergency response decision. Technology is used to receive necessary information and data needed to implement an effective emergency response plan. Collaboration among communities also has an impact on the effectiveness and success on the implementation of emergency response plan. People in communities and businesses in technology can help control and can contain the infectious diseases.
Public health leader can utilize available technology and collaboration to make an effective decision during emergency response for situation such as Ebola incident in America where a patient who has close contact with an infected Ebola …show more content…
Electronic medical system will eliminate error such as healthcare provider forgetting to ask the patient necessary question such as if they have travel outside of the country to the countries with Ebola outbreaks or if they have been in contact with anyone that has been infected with Ebola virus. For example, travel history of Thomas Duncan an Ebola patient who died at the Presbyterian hospital in Texas was obtained, but he was discharge without been diagnose for Ebola virus. (Mandl, 2014) This incident could have been prevented if electronic medical record system was used which will triage and prevent misdiagnose of the …show more content…
Public health leaders need support of the communities’ leaders and information technology companies in order to perform their jobs effectively and efficiently. CDC implement a program called Communities Of Practice (COP) to learn and engage communities who share same concerns and have common goals. (Mobery, Gibbs-Scharf and Bara, 2013) Collaboration among the communities and public health leader will reduce the potential spreading of the infection in the local communities. For example, Public health leaders can provide necessary tools and educate people in the local communities in West Africa on the preventative measure for preventing and controlling spreading of disease such as Ebola. For example, people who have been in close contact with Ebola patient will use necessary precaution and protection when around the infected person. Also, increasing the disease symptom awareness in the communities will reduce lateness in treatment for the disease. For instance, Mr Duncan could have provided more information on the symptoms he is having, and that he was in contact with someone who has been infected with