Design and field test of an mHealth system for emergency medical services

被引：13

作者：

Schooley B. ^{[1
]}

Abed Y. ^{[2
]}

Murad A. ^{[2
]}

Horan T.A. ^{[2
]}

Roberts J. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Integrated Information Technology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29201

[2] Center for Information Systems and Technology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 91711

来源：

Health and Technology | 2013年 / 3卷 / 4期

关键词：

Emergency medical services; mHealth; Mobile computing; Multimedia;

D O I：

10.1007/s12553-013-0064-5

中图分类号：

学科分类号：

摘要：

This research uses multiple methods guided by Information Systems Design Theory (ISDT) to design and evaluate a mobile multimedia information system for communicating patient and emergency incident information within the context of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). The system design and requirements were examined and a mobile and web-based information technology system was developed to support EMS information exchange and decision-making. A field study was then conducted across EMS and hospital organizations in the Boise, Idaho region for three months to examine use of the system and practitioner perspectives on its utility. Findings from qualitative analysis include practitioners' willingness to use mobile Smartphones to communicate during an emergency, transmit digital images and audio recordings, and the potential benefits and challenges of an mHealth application for augmenting communications processes and medical decision-making. From a more theoretical perspective, the study documents the interest in using richer forms of media in EMS communications than is typically utilized for the handover of patient information from prehospital to hospital providers. This paper describes the justification for an EMS mHealth artifact, presents the system design, the pilot test methodology and results, and overall implications and future research directions. © 2013 IUPESM and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

引用

页码：327 / 340

页数：13

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