Disaster e-Health: Scoping the Field

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aut.relation.journalJournal of Medical Internet Researchen_NZ
aut.researcherHutcheson, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorMadanian, Sen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorNorris, Aen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorParry, Den_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-29T03:15:07Z
dc.date.available2020-10-29T03:15:07Z
dc.date.copyright2020en_NZ
dc.date.issued2020en_NZ
dc.description.abstractBackground: Although both disaster management and disaster medicine have been used for decades, their efficiency and effectiveness have been far from perfect. One reason could be the lack of systematic utilization of modern technologies, such as eHealth, in their operations. To address this issue, researchers’ efforts have led to the emergence of the disaster eHealth (DEH) field. DEH’s main objective is to systematically integrate eHealth technologies for health care purposes within the disaster management cycle (DMC). Objective: This study aims to identify, map, and define the scope of DEH as a new area of research at the intersection of disaster management, emergency medicine, and eHealth. Methods: An extensive scoping review using published materials was carried out in the areas of disaster management, disaster medicine, and eHealth to identify the scope of DEH. This review procedure was iterative and conducted in multiple scientific databases in 2 rounds, one using controlled indexed terms and the other using similar uncontrolled terms. In both rounds, the publications ranged from 1990 to 2016, and all the appropriate research studies discovered were considered, regardless of their research design, methodology, and quality. Information extracted from both rounds was thematically analyzed to define the DEH scope, and the results were evaluated by the field experts through a Delphi method. Results: In both rounds of the research, searching for eHealth applications within DMC yielded 404 relevant studies that showed eHealth applications in different disaster types and disaster phases. These applications varied with respect to the eHealth technology types, functions, services, and stakeholders. The results led to the identification of the scope of DEH, including eHealth technologies and their applications, services, and future developments that are applicable to disasters as well as to related stakeholders. Reference to the elements of the DEH scope indicates what, when, and how current eHealth technologies can be used in the DMC. Conclusions: Comprehensive data gathering from multiple databases offered a grounded method to define the DEH scope. This scope comprises concepts related to DEH and the boundaries that define it. The scope identifies the eHealth technologies relevant to DEH and the functions and services that can be provided by these technologies. In addition, the scope tells us which groups can use the provided services and functions and in which disaster types or phases. DEH approaches could potentially improve the response to health care demands before, during, and after disasters. DEH takes advantage of eHealth technologies to facilitate DMC tasks and activities, enhance their efficiency and effectiveness, and enhance health care delivery and provide more quality health care services to the wider population regardless of their geographical location or even disaster types and phases.
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Medical Internet Research, Vol 22, No 10 (2020): October.
dc.identifier.doi10.2196/18310en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn1438-8871en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/13756
dc.languageenen_NZ
dc.publisherJMIR Publications Inc.en_NZ
dc.relation.urihttps://www.jmir.org/2020/10/e18310
dc.rights© Samaneh Madanian, Tony Norris, Dave Parry. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 28.10.2020. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://www.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectMedical informatics; Disaster planning; Disaster medicine; Medical informatics applications; Disasters
dc.titleDisaster e-Health: Scoping the Fielden_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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