Critical care resources in surge response: towards real-time situation awareness

Reem Abbas; Biswash Paudel; Lily Yee; Roopak Sinha; Dave Parry

doi:10.1080/03036758.2024.2403451

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Critical care resources in surge response: towards real-time situation awareness

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Critical care resources in surge response: towards real-time situation awareness

Reem Abbas, Biswash Paudel, Lily Yee, Roopak Sinha and Dave Parry

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Ahead of print

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2024.2403451

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Abstract

Critical care resources

surge response

real-time situation awareness

automation

UHF-RFID

In large-scale emergencies and disasters, real-time situation awareness around health resources can be lifesaving. Understanding the situation at hand, the pressing needs and the actions needed often using information systems that require manual data entry. Relying on humans to enter data manually during surge response is both error-prone and an impediment to the critical requirement of real-time situation awareness. This paper explores the potential of Ultra-High Frequency Radio Frequency Identification (UHF RFID) technology to automate the process of manual data entry followed in providing situation awareness related to critical care resources during surge response. Using design science, an RFID-based prototype was developed to identify and track intensive care resources in real-time. The system was tested in a simulated hospital ward environment to understand deployment challenges and a dashboard was developed to reflect real-time data from multiple sources simultaneously. When properly deployed, UHF RFID can be a viable approach to automating critical care reporting during surge response. Automating routine processes can enhance data quality and minimise workload on health professionals leading to better patient care and evidence based decision-making.

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Title: Critical care resources in surge response: towards real-time situation awareness
Authors/Creators: Reem Abbas - Auckland University of Technology
Biswash Paudel - Auckland University of Technology
Lily Yee - Auckland University of Technology
Roopak Sinha - Deakin University
Dave Parry - Murdoch University
Publication Details: Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Ahead of print
Publisher: Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
Number of pages: 19
Grant note: New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE): MWF-AUT2103
This work was supported by the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE) under Grant MWF-AUT2103.
Identifiers: 991005708235807891
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Information Technology
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Citation topics: 4 Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Computer Science; 4.187 Security Systems; 4.187.1634 RFID Security
Web Of Science research areas: Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
ESI research areas: Clinical Medicine