Disease surveillance and patient care in remote regions: an exploratory study of collaboration among healthcare professionals in Amazonia

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dc.contributor.authorLuz, Saturnino
dc.contributor.authorMasoodian, Masood
dc.contributor.authorCesario, Manuel
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-12T01:51:35Z
dc.date.available2015
dc.date.available2015-05-12T01:51:35Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe development and deployment of information technology, particularly mobile tools, to support collaboration between different groups of healthcare professionals has been viewed as a promising way to improve disease surveillance and patient care in remote regions. The effects of global climate change combined with rapid changes to land cover and use in Amazonia are believed to be contributing to the spread of vector-borne emerging and neglected diseases. This makes empowering and providing support for local healthcare providers all the more important. We investigate the use of information technology in this context to support professionals whose activities range from diagnosing diseases and monitoring their spread to developing policies to deal with outbreaks. An analysis of stakeholders, their roles and requirements, is presented which encompasses results of fieldwork and of a process of design and prototyping complemented by questionnaires and targeted interviews. Findings are analysed with respect to the tasks of diagnosis, training of local healthcare professionals, and gathering, sharing and visualisation of data for purposes of epidemiological research and disease surveillance. Methodological issues regarding the elicitation of cooperation and collaboration requirements are discussed and implications are drawn with respect to the use of technology in tackling emerging and neglected diseases.
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dc.identifier.citationLuz, S., Masoodian, M., & Cesario, M. (2015). Disease surveillance and patient care in remote regions: an exploratory study of collaboration among healthcare professionals in Amazonia. Behaviour & Information Technology, 34(6), 548–565. http://doi.org/10.1080/0144929x.2013.853836en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/0144929x.2013.853836
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/9321
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.isPartOfBehaviour & Information Technology
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2013.853836
dc.rights© 2015 Taylor & Francis
dc.subjectcomputer supported cooperative work
dc.subjectdata compilation and sharing
dc.subjectdisease surveillance
dc.subjecthealth information technology
dc.subjecthealthcare in remote regions
dc.subjectinformation visualisation
dc.subjectmobile devices
dc.subjectuser requirement analysis
dc.titleDisease surveillance and patient care in remote regions: an exploratory study of collaboration among healthcare professionals in Amazonia
dc.typeJournal Article
pubs.begin-page548
pubs.elements-id39136
pubs.end-page565
pubs.issue6
pubs.organisational-group/Waikato
pubs.organisational-group/Waikato/FCMS
pubs.organisational-group/Waikato/FCMS/Computer Science
pubs.volume34
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