Citation

Demchak B, Griswold WG, Lenert LA. AMIA Annu. Symp. Proc. 2007; 176-180.

Affiliation

University of California, San Diego, La Jolla. CA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, American Medical Informatics Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18693821

PMCID

PMC2655881

Abstract

Incident Command systems often achieve situational awareness through manual paper-tracking systems. Such systems often produce high latencies and in-complete data, resulting in inefficient and ineffective resource deployment. WIISARD (Wireless Internet Information System for Medical Response in Disasters) collects much more data than a paper-based system, dramatically reducing latency while increasing the kinds and quality of information available to incident commanders. Yet, the introduction of IT into a disaster setting is not problem-free. Notably, system component failures can delay the delivery of data. The type and extent of a failure can have varying effects on the usefulness of information displays. We describe a small, coherent set of customizble information overlays to address this problem, and we discuss reactions to these displays by medical commanders.

Language: en