Medical Emergency Disaster Response Network

描述（由申请人提供）：许多组织参与提供医疗紧急灾害服务：紧急医疗服务（EMS）、消防和警察部门、医院、地方当局等。因此，所有这些单位之间的资源规划和后勤协调对于挽救生命和降低成本非常重要。有文件证明需要更好的后勤协调和通信系统，但目前的信息技术基础设施使这一点难以实现。鉴于自然灾害和人为灾害风险的增加，提供更好的物流解决方案至关重要。在第一阶段的SBIR中，我们建议为医疗紧急灾害响应网络（MEDRN）开发一个概念验证原型。这个网络将使规划人员能够迅速取得后勤/资源资料，并将其分发给需要了解的人。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Many organizations are involved in the delivery of medical emergency disaster services: emergency medical services (EMS), the fire and police departments, hospitals, local authorities, etc. Resource planning and logistic coordination among all these units is therefore very important to save lives and reduce costs. The need for better logistic coordination and communication systems has been documented, but the current IT infrastructure makes that difficult to achieve. Given the increased risk of natural and man-made disasters, it is paramount to offer better logistic solutions. In this Phase I SBIR we propose to develop a proof-of-concept prototype for a Medical Emergency Disaster Response Network (MEDRN). This network will allow planners to obtain rapid access to logistic/resource information and to distribute it to those that need to know. Over the last three years Semandex Networks has developed an XML based content-routing technology that reduces the number of "information breaks" within an organization and across organizations by allowing information to flow from providers to users without requiring the parties to know one another. The system's overlay network topology permits a low cost implementation that makes use of existing infrastructure without altering it. Moreover, by allowing users to create queries that can be stored, reused and updated, the network can become a repository of standard operating procedures and best practices. The technology has been successfully trialed by the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. For Phase I of this SBIR, we plan to take advantage of our content-routing technology to implement the MEDRN prototype. We will a) analyze the system requirements, b) design the topology of the network, c) develop the prototype MEDRN, d) test the system under a simulated scenario and, e) evaluate the system. A successful Phase I will allow us to conduct an operational trial during Phase II with the involvement of a community. Our goal is for the MEDRN to aid medical emergency personnel to ultimately save lives.