Exploring mHealth Participation for Emergency Response Communities

Australasian Journal of Information Systems

Luis Garcia-Castrillo²  Nikolaos Papadopoulos⁴  Abdelouahab Bellou¹  Antonella Muraro³  David G. Schwartz⁵ 

[1] Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconness Medical CenterBoston, MA;Emergency Dept. Servicio Cantabro de SaludHospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla Cantabria;Food Allergy Referral Centre Veneto RegionPadua General University HospitalPadua;Center for Pediatrics and Child HealthInstitute of Human DevelopmentThe University of ManchesterManchester, United KingdomandDepartment of AllergyUniversity of AthensAthens, Greece;Information Systems DepartmentGraduate School of Business AdministrationBar-Ilan University

关键词: mHealth;    participation;    smartphones;    chronic disease;    emergency medical response;    social networking;    anaphylaxis;    EMS;    shared identity;    diffused responsibility;   

DOI  :  10.3127/ajis.v21i0.1378

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: University of Canberra * Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering

【 摘 要 】

We explore the challenges of participation by members of emergency response communities who share a similar condition and treatment, and are called upon to participate in emergency events experienced by fellow members. Smartphones and location-based social networking technologies present an opportunity to re-engineer certain aspects of emergency medical response. Life-saving prescription medication extended in an emergency by one individual to another occurs on a micro level, anecdotally documented. We illustrate the issues and our approach through the example of an app to support patients prone to anaphylaxis and prescribed to carry epinephrine auto-injectors. We address unique participation challenges in an mHealth environment in which interventions are primarily short-term interactions which require clear and precise decision-making and constant tracking of potential participants in responding to an emergency medical event. The conflicting effects of diffused responsibility and shared identity are identified as key factors in modeling participation.

【 授权许可】

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