• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.125-139
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• 2017

Recently, interest in improving the quality of EMS(emergency medical services) has been increasing. Much effort is being made to innovate the EMS process. The rapid progress of ICT technology has accelerated the automation or intelligence of EMS processes. This study suggests an emergency room management method based on real-time data considering resource utilization optimization, minimization of human error and enhancement of predictability of medical care. Emergency room operation indices - Emergency care index, Short stay index, Human error inducing index, Waiting patience index - are developed. And emergency room operation rules based on these indices are presented. Simulation was performed on a virtual emergency room to verify the effectiveness of the proposed operating rule. Simulation results showed excellent performance in terms of length of stay.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2008.06b
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• pp.65-70
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• 2008

현재 응급 의료 시스템에서는 환자의 소재를 파악하기 힘들 뿐만 아니라, 환자의 이송과정에서도 환자를 치료할 수 없는 병원에 이송하는 등의 문제점을 지닌다. 또한 이송을 위한 대기중인 구급차가 없거나, 환자의 병명에 따른 시한을 지키지 못함으로써 환자를 위급한 상태까지 이르게 하는 경우도 존재한다. 본 논문은 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 자동화된 중앙 관리 체계를 기반으로 한 u-EMS의 시공간 환경과 행위를 명세 및 분석하기 위한 CARDMI기반의 HAP 스케줄러를 제안한다. 이를 통해 응급 의료 시스템에서 발생할 수 있는 문제점을 u-EMS를 통해 환자를 적시적소에 EMS서비스를 제공할 수 있도록 스케줄링 하였다.

• Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.27-36
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• 2018

Purpose: In the case of mass disaster, the establishment of temporary medical facilities for the first aid and treatment is required for the stable accommodation of patients caused by the disaster. However, the criteria for decision making related to the deployment of field emergency medical facilities are not specified. So, The purpose of this study is to draw considerable factors needed for the deployment of field emergency medical facilities and to make proposal for site selection process of field emergency medical facilities on the basis of the factor. Methods: This study performs text mining of disaster-related laws, guidelines and documents to derive key factors affecting site selection, also proposes a decision making process and conducts virtual deployment to validate the process. Results: The key factors for the site selection derived as the size of the damage, the size of the DMAT inputs, the location of available place, and distance to the disaster base hospital. As a result of virtual deployment following proposed decision making process, It is confirmed that the site of field emergency medical facilities is changed depending on the type of disaster, even if the scope of the disaster damage was the same. Implications: The deployment of field emergency medical facilities requires a separate criteria for each type of disaster, not uniform, as a future research a quantitative approach of the criteria needs to be performed.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.71-79
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• 2012

Medical Informatics에 대한 관심 증가와 정보통신 관련 기술이 발전됨에 따라 IT 기술을 활용한 의료 프로세스는 매우 활발히 사용되고 있으며, 재난 시 의료진의 접근이 제한된 가운데 단시간 내에 응급치료 및 수송과 효율적인 자원배분을 통한 대응은 각종 정보통신 관련기술의 발전과 함께 비약적으로 발전하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 Medical Informatics와 관련된 연구들을 분석하여 재난 상황에서 정보통신 기술을 활용한 의료 활동과 의료지원 시스템의 활용을 다룬다. 재난 상황 및 다수의 사상자가 발생하는 사고 현장에서 IT 시스템을 이용하여 보다 효과적으로 환자의 상태를 파악하여 분류함으로써 의료 활동의 효율을 높이는 방법에 대해 분석하고, 이를 위한 워크 플로의 정의 및 관련된 연구를 정리 하였다. 또한 무선통신기술의 활용, SNS 등을 이용한 의료정보의 전달과 이를 활용한 의료진의 대응 방법 대한 연구동향을 정리하였다. 이러한 정보기술의 발전은 재난에 대응하는 전략적 목표와 방법 등에서도 변화가 이루어지고 있어 이에 대한 연구동향을 포함하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2009.01a
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• pp.107-111
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• 2009

의료기관의 응급실은 환자의 생명을 다루는 긴박한 현장으로 환자에 대한 실시간 모니터링 및 관리가 필수적으로 요구되는 곳이다. 본 연구에서는 기존 응급실 진료 프로세스를 체계적으로 관리하고 모니터링 하기 위해 BPM 아키텍처를 도입하여 응급실 업무들을 표준화, 가시화함으로써 의료진의 신속한 응급 업무 대응이 가능한 응급신속대응관리시스템(EQRMS-Emergency Quick Response Management System)를 제안한다. 의료기관에서 BPM의 도입은 단순히 병원 경영 목표나 병원 내외부의 운영을 모니터링 할 수 있는 이점 이외에 병원 업무의 이윤을 극대화 할 수 있는 다양한 효과가 있다. 또한 임상위험수치 (CV-Critical Value)를 정의함으로써 복잡한 검사의 단순화와 검사 시간 단축, 검사의 오류 발생률 감소 등 환자의 안정성 제고 측면에도 크게 기여할 것이다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.9 no.8
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• pp.138-146
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• 2009

Recently big-sized hospitals showed their interest in medical information event monitoring system based on Sense and Respond in order to give patients in emergency a safer medical treatment. In this paper we implemented medical information event monitoring system based on Sense and Respond which stand on event and monitoring process. This system consists of event definition, event extraction, event delivery, and monitoring. It ensures real-time response by grasping and delivering medical information in real-time, and well-balanced understanding of information for hospital management by real-time tracking. Also early confrontation case by case by, event delivery make the safety of patients be secured, the efficiency of hospital can be maximized by early grasping the problems in hospital management problems.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.16 no.11
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• pp.72-82
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• 2016

Various studies have been done in medical service area but they have just focused on the examination of the relationships between cause and effect variables. This study, thus, empirically analyzed qualitative data regarding medical service problems using word cloud technique. The major results of the paper are as follows. The data reveal ten sources in medical service - forced treatment, excess inspection, misdiagnosis, carelessness, inexperienced service, waiting for emergency, reservation problem, unkindness, process problem, and inconvenience. Major words in the category of irrecoverable service failure are misdiagnosis, careless treatment, and inexperienced service whereas those in recoverable service failure are unkind attitude and negative experience in reservation system. Those who experienced a medical service problem are usually engaged in a public act and they make public protests and legal action against very severe problems. The conclusion of this study also suggests a summary, implication, and agenda of the research.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.51-61
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• 2016

With high interest in the patient satisfaction of emergency medical services, there is a lot of effort into improving the process of Emergency Department(ED) utilizing the technology of Internet of Things(IoT). In this study, the core technologies of smart ED are examined and a decision support algorithm for medicine tasks is proposed. The proposed algorithm minimizes the decision risks such as task selection accountability, patient complaints, care delays and longer stay time. It can reduce the nurses burnout and improve the patient care with kindness and consideration. Ultimately, patient satisfaction, job satisfaction and professional identity of nurses can be increased. The comparative study was carried out by simulation in terms of the average length of patient stay in a simplified hypothetical ED system. In all the cases, the proposed algorithm was shown to perform substantially better than the other rule.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.429-435
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• 2020

North Korea declared itself complete with nuclear force after its sixth nuclear test in 2017. Despite efforts at home and abroad to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, the prospects for the denuclearization are not bright. Along with political and diplomatic efforts to deter NK's WMD threats, the government is required to strengthen its consequence management capabilities against 'catastrophic situations' expected in case of emergency. Accordingly, this study was conducted to present measures to strengthen follow-up management against CBRN threats. The research model was partially supplemented and utilized by the THIRA process adopted and utilized by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security among national-level disaster management plan development models. Korea's consequence management (CM) system encompasses risk and crisis management on disaster condition. The system has been carried out in the form of a civil, government and military integrated defense operations for the purpose of curbing the spread or use of CBRNs, responding to threats, and minimizing expected damages. The preventive stage call for the incorporation of CBRN concept and CM procedures into the national management system, supplementing the integrated alarm systems, preparation of evacuation facilities, and establishment of the integrated training systems. In the preparation phase, readjustment of relevant laws and manuals, maintenance of government organizations, developing performance procedures, establishing the on-site support systems, and regular training are essential. In the response phase, normal operations of the medical support system for first aid and relief, installation and operation of facilities for decontamination, and development of regional damage assessment and control guidelines are important. In the recovery phase, development of stabilization evaluation criteria and procedures, securing and operation of resources needed for damage recovery, and strengthening of regional damage recovery capabilities linked to local defense forces, reserve forces and civil defense committees are required.