TY - JOUR
T1 - Using a cloud-based electronic health record during disaster response
T2 - a case study in Fukushima, March 2011.
AU - Nagata, Takashi
AU - Halamka, John
AU - Himeno, Shinkichi
AU - Himeno, Akihiro
AU - Kennochi, Hajime
AU - Hashizume, Makoto
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PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - Following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, the Japan Medical Association deployed medical disaster teams to Shinchi-town (population: approximately 8,000), which is located 50 km north of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The mission of the medical disaster teams sent from Fukuoka, 1,400 km south of Fukushima, was to provide medical services and staff a temporary clinic for six weeks. Fear of radiation exposure restricted the use of large medical teams and local infrastructure. Therefore, small volunteer groups and a cloud-hosted, web-based electronic health record were implemented. The mission was successfully completed by the end of May 2011. Cloud-based electronic health records deployed using a "software as a service" model worked well during the response to the large-scale disaster.
AB - Following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, the Japan Medical Association deployed medical disaster teams to Shinchi-town (population: approximately 8,000), which is located 50 km north of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The mission of the medical disaster teams sent from Fukuoka, 1,400 km south of Fukushima, was to provide medical services and staff a temporary clinic for six weeks. Fear of radiation exposure restricted the use of large medical teams and local infrastructure. Therefore, small volunteer groups and a cloud-hosted, web-based electronic health record were implemented. The mission was successfully completed by the end of May 2011. Cloud-based electronic health records deployed using a "software as a service" model worked well during the response to the large-scale disaster.
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U2 - 10.1017/S1049023X1300037X
DO - 10.1017/S1049023X1300037X
M3 - Article
C2 - 23731545
AN - SCOPUS:84886795913
SN - 1040-6182
VL - 28
SP - 383
EP - 387
JO - Quaternary International
JF - Quaternary International
IS - 4
ER -
