title: Service-oriented architecture for disaster response: integration of AID-N, MICHAELS, WISER, and ESSENCE.
abstract: This paper describes a service-oriented architecture that uses a shared data model of the disaster scenario to support the exchange of data between heterogeneous systems. This architecture is employed in the Advanced Health and Disaster Aid Network (AID-N) system to facilitate interoperation between existing emergency response information technologies used in the Washington DC Metropolitan region. We will discuss the integration of three disparate systems into AID-N: a pre-hospital patient care reporting software system (MICHAELS), a syndromic surveillance system (ESSENCE), and a hazardous material reference software system (WISER).
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Logan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hauenstein
authors.forename: Tia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning; D004190:Disasters; D004631:Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018635:Rescue Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012984:Software; D018511:Systems Integration