Factors Influencing the Selection of Decision Support Systems for Emergency Management: An Empirical Analysis of Current Use and User Preferences

Little, Richard; Manzanares, Trevor; Wallace, William A.

doi:10.1111/1468-5973.12097

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“…The findings of this study emphasized that decisionmaking support tools (22), information technology and computer applications (61,65), and decision-making maps (66) increase situational awareness and provide insight for decision-makers.…”

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confidence: 89%

Decision-making on Hospital Emergency Evacuation in Disasters and Emergencies: Findings From a Systematic Review

Yaghoubi¹,

Ardalan²,

Zavareh³

et al. 2017

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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Context: Disasters are increasing worldwide, with more devastating effects than ever before. Hospitals must maintain their normal functions or have an evacuation plan due to the rate of damages at the time of a sudden disaster. The present study was conducted to determine the effective determinants and components in hospital evacuation decision-making.Evidence Acquisition: In this systematic review study, which was conducted in 2016, bibliographies, citation databases, and other available records such as international guidelines, documents and reports of organizations and academic dissertations were used to find an answer to the following question: What are the effective components in hospital evacuation decision-making? Finally, 34 articles were included in this systematic review. This systematic review article was checked with PRISMA checklist. Results:The common factors affecting hospital emergency evacuation decision-making were classified into 4 general categories and 40 subcategories, which have been explored during thematic analysis. These 4 categories included hospital infrastructure consequences, threat, internal factors, and external factors. Level of risk was the most important component of threat category and it was mentioned in most of the reviewed literature. Loss of electricity and water, communication and transportation, resources such as staff, and removing patient devices were the most mentioned factors in hospital infrastructure consequences, external factors, and internal factors, respectively. Conclusions:Different variables affect the process of hospital emergency evacuation decision-making. Thus, further studies are needed to develop a decision-making tool for hospital emergency evacuations in Iran.Keywords: Hospital Evacuation, Decision-Making, Disasters, Emergencies ContextThe percentage of disasters and their devastating concerns is increasing worldwide. It was reported that 3.3 million people died in disasters globally from 1970 to 2010 (1, 2). Despite advances in science and technology, it is not yet possible to forecast unexpected events such as earthquakes. In the critical situations following disasters, mortality and morbidity as well as the demand for health care services suddenly increase (3).Health system has a special place among other organizations involved in crisis management because it is the first and foremost need at the time of crises during disasters and unexpected circumstances (4). Hospitals, as key elements in providing preparedness in emergency situations, must remain fully functional at the time of disasters and major incidents (5). They are fundamental resources for successful management of disasters (6).The vulnerability of hospitals in disasters results in instabilities in providing health care (7). Hundreds of hospitals and other health care facilities are destroyed or lose their function in natural disasters worldwide every year Yaghoubi T et al. centers have been evacuated urgently due to fire, incidents related to Hydro-meteorological changes, ter...

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Section: Thematic Analysismentioning

confidence: 89%

Decision-making on Hospital Emergency Evacuation in Disasters and Emergencies: Findings From a Systematic Review

Yaghoubi¹,

Ardalan²,

Zavareh³

et al. 2017

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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“…Hsu et al (2013) present a review of advents in technology-based approaches for disaster response training using VR environments, including the rationale and advantages of VR-based training. 315 Little et al (2015) describe preliminary research to determine how emergency managers and other officials use decision support systems for natural disaster planning, response, and recovery. 445 This study aims to identify specific desirable system attributes and suggest areas for improvement.…”

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“…315 Little et al (2015) describe preliminary research to determine how emergency managers and other officials use decision support systems for natural disaster planning, response, and recovery. 445 This study aims to identify specific desirable system attributes and suggest areas for improvement. In addition, Santella et al (2009) describe the utility of a modeling tool to aid decision-making for critical infrastructure protection.…”

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confidence: 99%

Developing Public Health Emergency Response Leaders in Incident Management: A Scoping Review of Educational Interventions

Li¹,

Hsu

Pham³

et al. 2021

Disaster med. public health prep.

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During emergency responses, public health leaders frequently serve in incident management roles that differ from their routine job functions. Leaders’ familiarity with incident management principles and functions can influence response outcomes. Therefore, training and exercises in incident management are often required for public health leaders. To describe existing methods of incident management training and exercises in the literature, we queried 6 English language databases and found 786 relevant articles. Five themes emerged: (1) experiential learning as an established approach to foster engaging and interactive learning environments and optimize training design; (2) technology-aided decision support tools are increasingly common for crisis decision-making; (3) integration of leadership training in the education continuum is needed for developing public health response leaders; (4) equal emphasis on competency and character is needed for developing capable and adaptable leaders; and (5) consistent evaluation methodologies and metrics are needed to assess the effectiveness of educational interventions. These findings offer important strategic and practical considerations for improving the design and delivery of educational interventions to develop public health emergency response leaders. This review and ongoing real-world events could facilitate further exploration of current practices, emerging trends, and challenges for continuous improvements in developing public health emergency response leaders.

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“…The research of social public opinions originated from the development of psychology (Zheng et al, 2016). Social public opinions will produce emotional or physical changes to people in the environment, but often these are not enough to create fluctuations in heart, as emotional or physiological changes depend on the attitude of individuals to their environment (Little et al, 2015). The process of decision-making is a high-level cognitive process involving cognitive evaluation, physiological responses and phenomenological experience.…”

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confidence: 99%

Cognitive Decision-making and Public Opinions

Wang¹

2018

Neuroquantology

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The influence of public opinions on emergency decision-making has attracted more and more attention in recent years. Emergency decision-making is characterized by high risk, fuzzy information and time pressure. Public opinions induced by emergency have important influence on people's decision-making preference. Based on the four induced conditions, including positive public opinion, neutral public opinion, negative public opinion and public opinion induced by emergent situations, this paper studies the brain evoked potential information of subjects and proposes a new intuitive decision-making model. The results show that the average scores of the positive opinion group on the positive scale are significantly different, while the scores of the negative opinion group on the negative scale are significantly different. Participants in group of public opinion induced by emergent situations tend to be more adventurous in their decision-making preferences than those in the negative public opinion group. The results of brain information processing of neutral, positive and negative public opinion groups show that both the standard stimulus and deviant stimulus could induce obvious negative deflection in 100-200ms in EEG. In the processing the information induced by emergent situations, amplitude deviation between the standard stimulus and deviant stimulus is smaller, which is perceived as insensitive.

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Factors Influencing the Selection of Decision Support Systems for Emergency Management: An Empirical Analysis of Current Use and User Preferences

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

Decision-making on Hospital Emergency Evacuation in Disasters and Emergencies: Findings From a Systematic Review

Decision-making on Hospital Emergency Evacuation in Disasters and Emergencies: Findings From a Systematic Review

Developing Public Health Emergency Response Leaders in Incident Management: A Scoping Review of Educational Interventions

Cognitive Decision-making and Public Opinions

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