Access Control for Mobile Assessment Systems Using ID.
The assessment of shelters during disaster is critical to ensure the health of evacuees and prevent pandemic. In the Ishinomaki area, one of the areas most damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake, the highly organized assessment helped to successfully manage a total of 328 shelters with a total of 46,480 evacuees. The input and analysis of vast amounts of data was tedious work for staff members. However, a web-based assessment system that utilized mobile devices was thought to decrease workload and standardize the evaluation form. The necessary access of information should be controlled in order to maintain individuals' privacy. We successfully developed an access control system using IDs. By utilizing a unique numerical ID, users can access the input form or assessment table. This avoids unnecessary queries to the server, resulting in a quick response and easy availability, even with poor internet connection.
Department of Disaster Medical Informatics, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Miyagi, JAPAN.
Masaharu
M
Nakayama
Department of Education and Support for Community Medicine, Tohoku University Hospital, Miyagi, JAPAN.
Tadashi
T
Ishii
Emergency Medicine, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, JAPAN.
Kazuma
K
Morino
D016494:Computer Security; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D003219:Confidentiality; D060447:Emergency Shelter / Q000145:classification* / Q000458:organization & administration; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007564:Japan; D063731:Mobile Applications