A framework for assessing ICT preparedness for e-health implementations

2008 10th IEEE Intl. Conf. on e-Health Networking, Applications and Service, HEALTHCOM 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 124-129

  Chattopadhyay, Subhagata ^a   Li, Junhua ^a   Land, Lesley ^a   Ray, Pradeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connected graph theory; E health; Framework; Fuzzy preparedness model; ICT constructs; Preparedness level

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FINANCE; FUZZY SETS; HEALTH; INVESTMENTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; SET THEORY; TECHNOLOGY;

CONNECTED GRAPHS; CONNECTED-GRAPH THEORY; E-HEALTH; ELECTRONIC HEALTH; FRAMEWORK; FUZZY PREPAREDNESS MODEL; HEALTH CARE SECTORS; ICT CONSTRUCTS; INFORMATION-COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS; PREPAREDNESS LEVEL;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 52949088326     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600122     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (25)

1. World Health Organization (2003) http://www.emro.who.int/ehealth/
2. N. S. Wickramasinghe, A. M. A. Fadlalla, E. Geisler, J. L. Schaffer (2005) 'A framework for assessing e-health preparedness', Int. J. Electronic Healthcare, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 316-334.
3. B. Umhoff, J, Winn (1999) "The healthcare profit pool: who stands to gain and lose in the digital economy' Health Forum Journal, May 1.
4. W. Skok, G. Ryder (2004) 'An evaluation of conventional wisdom of the factors underlying the digital divide: a case study of the Isle of Man' Wiley InterScinece: Journal, Vol. 13, No. 8, pp. 423-428.
5. J. Matusitz, G. M. Breen (2007) 'Telemedicine: its effects on health communication' Health Commun. Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 73-83.
6. R. Mannan, J. Murphy, M.. Jones (2006) 'Is primary care ready to embrace e-health? A qualitative study of staff in a London primary care trust' Inform Prim Care. Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 121-31.
7. B. J. Maguire, S. Dean, R. A. Bissell, B. J. Walz, A. K. Bumbak (2007) 'Epidemic and bioterrorism preparation among emergency medical services systems' Prehosp. Disaster Med Vol. 22, Nb. 3, pp. 237-242.
8. C. B. Spranger, D. Villegas, M. J. Kazda, A. M. Harris, S. Mathew, W. Migala (2007) 'Assessment of physician preparedness and response capacity to bioterrorism or other public health emergency events in a major metropolitan area' Disaster Manag. Response Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 82-86.
9. M. Mair, B. Maldin, B. Smith (2007) 'Passage of S. 3678: the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act' Biosecur Bioterror, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 72-74.
10. T. Rebbmann, R. Carrico, J. F. English (2007) 'Hospital, infectious disease emergency preparedness: a survey of infection control professionals' Am J Infect ControlVol. 35, No. 1, pp. 25-32.
11. M. G. Duley (2005) 'The next pandemic: anticipating an overwhelmed health care system' Tale J Biol Med, Vol. 78, No. 5, pp. 355-362.
12. J. Lubroth (2006) 'International cooperation and preparedness in responding to accidental or deliberate biological disasters: lessons and future directions' Rev Sci Tech. Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 361-74.
13. B. L. Elledge, D. T. Boatright, P. Woodson, R. E. Clinkenbeard, M. W. Brand (2007) 'Learning from Katrina: environmental, health observations from the SWCPHP response team in Houston' J Environ Health Vol. 70, No. 2, pp. 22-26.
14. S. Khoja, R. E. Scott, A. L. Casebeer, M. Mohsin, A. F. Ishaq, S. Gilani (2007) 'e-Health readiness assessment tools for healthcare institutions in developing countries' Telemed J E Health. Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 425-31.
15. S. Hinske, P. Ray (2007) 'Management of E-Health Networks for Disease Control: A Global Perspective' Proc of Healthcom, Taiwan, Taipei.
16. World Health Organization (1990) http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/ en/
17. Euler, Leonhard (1960). 'Rettung der Göttlichen Offenbahrung Gegen die Einwürfe der Freygeister'. Leonhardi Euleri Opera Omnia (series 3) 12.
18. T. Aittokallio, B. Schwikowski (2006) 'Graph-based methods for analysing networks in cell biology' Brief Bioinform. Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 243-255.
19. C. J. Stam, J. C. Reijneveld (2007) 'Graph theoretical analysis of complex networks in the brain' Nonlinear Biomed Phys. Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 3.
20. M. E. Newman, D. J. Watts, S. H. Strogatz (2002) 'Random graph models of social networks' Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Vol. 99, Suppl. 1, pp. 2566-72.
21. L. A. Zadeh (1965) 'Fuzzy sets' Information and control. Vol. 8, pp. 338-353.
22. L. A. Zadeh (1983) 'The role of fuzzy logic in the management of uncertainty in expert systems; 11. http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/ TechRpts/1983/171.html.
23. E. H. Mamdani (1977) 'Application of fuzzy logic to approximate reasoning using linguistic synthesis' IEEE Trans. Computers; 26.
24. th Intl. Conf. on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS2000), Iwate, Japan.
25. P. Ray, S. A. Shahrestani, F. Daneshgar (2005) 'the role of fuzzy awareness modelling in cooperative management' Inform. Syst. Front, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 299-316.