Tags:cloud computing, health systems, resource discovery, resource management and service platform
Abstract:
Resources shortage during a time of crisis is a typical but also dangerous situation that health systems need to mitigate. When the health crisis reaches a global level, this shortage becomes more critical and spans across all related resource categories and types (materials, equipment, personnel etc). The aim of this work is to present an online flexible platform, based on a combination of REST API and messaging technologies, that targets at offering a mechanism for swift registration of resource types across affected entities, government or private institutions, individual or corporate donors and volunteers. A full range of functionalities is presented, including dynamic submission of resource availability or demand, matchmaking based on criteria, investigation of supply or demand status, asynchronous alerting, general overview of the situation as well as analytics capabilities. Thus either centralized government coordination or individual corporate or volunteer efforts can be redirected and optimize the distribution and usage of resources.
A Cloud-Based REST Platform for Real-Time Health Resources Availability Registering, Discovering and Matching in Pandemic Crisis Conditions