Humanitarian Drones: A Review and Research Agenda

Rejeb, Abderahman; Rejeb, Karim; Simske, Steve; Treiblmaier, Horst

doi:10.1016/j.iot.2021.100434

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“…To date, reviews focus on the applications, benefit, and challenges of drones in society [ 3 , 11 – 13 ]. In addition to the increased use of drones in environment, conservation, and agriculture, drones are getting more and more attention in healthcare [ 3 ].…”

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“…As this scoping review shows, human drone interaction in healthcare is barely the subject of research. Although reviews showed the potentials of drones in the delivery of medicines and medical devices [ 3 , 12 ] and the barriers to drone adaption in humanitarian logistics, it is surprising that the role of users gets less attention [ 13 ]. While there only exist a few studies investigating user experience in the delivery of AED, however, we could not identify a study that investigated the human drone interaction in the delivery of medicines.…”

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“…The technology acceptance model (TAM) shows that better usability and higher usefulness of a technology lead to a higher acceptance of the same [ 32 , 33 ]. This is important because limited acceptance can be a restricting factor for further drone implementation in healthcare [ 13 , 34 ]. The TAM describes that the attitude towards using a technology depends on perceived usefulness and ease of use.…”

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“…These considerations imply a higher involvement of users and stakeholders in future research to improve harm-benefit trade-offs, upholding justice, and respect autonomy. To date, reviews often focus on how drones are used for healthcare and its potentials [ 11 – 13 ]. For example, Hievert et al [ 12 ] identified eight healthcare and health-related applications for drones.…”

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“…The identified studies focused on flight path and payload regulations, but there was limited attention to how patients and communities interact with drones. Rejeb et al [ 13 ] identified three main barriers to humanitarian drones in technological, organizational, and environmental (regulatory) factors, called TOE barriers. Among other things, user acceptance is one organizational barrier to drone adoption in humanitarian logistics.…”

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Human drone interaction in delivery of medical supplies: A scoping review of experimental studies

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic, ageing populations and the increasing shortage of skilled workers pose great challenges for the delivery of supplies for people with and without care needs. The potential of drones, as unmanned air vehicles, in healthcare are huge and are discussed as an effective new way to delivery urgent medicines and medical devices, especially in rural areas. Although the advantages are obvious, perspectives of users are important particularly in the development process. Investigating human drone interaction could potentially increase usefulness and usability. The present study aims to perform a systematic scoping review on experimental studies examining the human drone interaction in deliveries of drugs and defibrillators. Methods Two databases (MEDLINE and CINAHL) and references of identified publications were searched without narrowing the year of publication or language. Studies that investigated the human drone interaction or medical delivery with drones in an experimental manner were included (research articles). All studies that only simulated the delivery process were excluded. Results The search revealed 83 publications with four studies being included. These studies investigated the user experience of drone delivered defibrillators, but no study was identified that investigated the human drone interaction in the delivery of drugs. Three categories of human drone interaction were identified: landing, handover, and communications. Regarding landing and handover, the most important issue was the direct physical contact with the drone while regarding communications users need clearer instructions about drone´s direction, sound and look like. Discussion The identified studies used technology-driven approaches by investigating human drone interaction in already existing technologies. Users must become integral part of the whole development process of medical drone services to reduce concerns, and to improve security, usability and usefulness of the system. Human drone interaction should be developed according to the identified categories of human drone interaction by using demand- and technology-driven approaches.

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Civil society refers to social institutions outside of the confines of households, the market and the state. Such institutions provide a wide range of facilities and services in communities and society, generate employment, and create significant economic value through direct, indirect and induced expenditure. Notwithstanding this, voluntary, social and community organisations are rarely included in indices seeking to measure digital progress in society. Digital technologies can transform how civil society organisations operate and interact with their stakeholders. This chapter defines civil society, discusses the role they play in society, and the opportunities and challenges for digital adoption and use in civil society.

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