Information sharing and emergency response coordination

Managing Coordination in Emergency Response Systems with Information Technologies

An emergency response system is a multi-disciplinary concept that includes not only information technology (IT), but also social communication networks of response agents, and organizational designs. The complexity of the system, the dynamic environment in which the system is embedded, and its technical constraints imply serious coordination problem. Based on coordination theory and theory of t...

Information sharing for care coordination

Teamwork and care coordination are of increasing importance to health care delivery and patient safety and health. My research aims at developing agents that are able to make intelligent information sharing decisions to support a diverse, evolving team of care providers in constructing and maintaining a shared plan that operates in uncertain environments. Introduction and Research Question The ...

Information Sharing and Supply Chain Coordination¤

Understanding coordination in emergency response

This paper describes and discusses analysis of an emergency management exercise. In the exercise scenario, different emergency management organizations jointly try to cope with a forest fire and related incidents. The Extended Control Model is utilized for examination of the establishment of en emergent emergency response organization. Ambiguity in how functions are to be handled in a large eve...

Coordination and control in emergency response

On the afternoon of Sunday, September 14, 2008, the remnants from the Gulf Coast’s Hurricane Ike moved through Ohio. Although not as devastating as a tornado, hurricane force winds caused substantial storm damage and extensive loss of power. The high winds cut electrical service to more than half of the local power company’s one-half million regional customers. The company’s website initially i...