title: Human-centered design of a cyber-physical system for advanced response to Ebola (CARE).
abstract: We describe the process towards the design of a safe, reliable, and intuitive emergency treatment unit to facilitate a higher degree of safety and situational awareness for medical staff, leading to an increased level of patient care during an epidemic outbreak in an unprepared, underdeveloped, or disaster stricken area. We start with a human-centered design process to understand the design challenge of working with Ebola treatment units in Western Africa in the latest Ebola outbreak, and show preliminary work towards cyber-physical technologies applicable to potentially helping during the next outbreak.
authors.forename: Velin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dimitrov
authors.forename: Vinayak
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jagtap
authors.forename: Jeanine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skorinko
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chernova
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gennert
authors.forename: Taşkin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Padir
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western; D000465:Algorithms; D003491:Cybernetics / Q000379:methods*; D003666:Decontamination; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012371:Robotics