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Hertelendy A. Leveraging technology in emergency management: An opportunity to improve compounding and cascading hazards linked to climate change. JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (WESTON, MASS.) 2024; 22:9-10. [PMID: 38573725 DOI: 10.5055/jem.0854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate (IPCC) Sixth Assessment report concluded that we will see an increase in frequency of extreme environmental events around the world including, hurricanes, droughts, and wildfires.1 The report further describes cascading hazards when one hazard triggers another in a series such as extreme heat triggering a collapse of the power grid. The IPCC also discusses compounding hazards as multiple disasters occur at the same time for example a hurricane occurring at the same time as COVID-19 and a mass casualty event prompting a Urban Search & Rescue (USAR) response such as the Surfside and the Florida condo collapse.2 Studies suggest that there are gaps relating to Hazard Mitigation Plans (HMP) in addressing cascading events.3,4
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Affiliation(s)
- Attila Hertelendy
- Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics, College of Business, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
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Ten Years of TeleHealth and Digital Healthcare: Where Are We? Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 11:healthcare11060875. [PMID: 36981532 PMCID: PMC10048333 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11060875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023] Open
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Due to the development of the technological innovation of devices, availability of increasingly performing networks, improvement of the digitization processes, and the push to greater diffusion determined by the COVID-19 pandemic, Digital Healthcare (DH), also referred to as Digital Health [...]
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