Information Sharing Solutions for Nato Headquarters

NATO is an Alliance of 26 nations that operates on a consensus basis, not a majority basis. Thorough and timely information exchange between nations is fundamental to the Business Process. Current technology and practices at NATO HQ are inadequate to meet modern-day requirements despite the availability of demonstrated and accredited Cross-Domain technology solutions. This lack of integration between networks is getting more complicated with time, as nations continue to invest in IT and ignore the requirements for inter-networked gateways. This contributes to inefficiencies, fostering an atmosphere where shortcuts are taken in order to get the job done. The author recommends that NATO HQ should improve its presence on the Internet, building on the desired tenets of availability and security

A Mixed Methods Assessment of the Implementation of Electronic Health Records in Local Health Departments

Background: Electronic Health Record (EHR) implementation has seen great advances in health care, but the movement is leaving public health agencies behind. EHRs have shown improvement in operational and societal outcomes when implemented. Scarce allocation of resources, lack of trained staff, and security are limiters to implementation, despite the varied benefits of EHRs. The objective of this research is to establish a comprehensive view of EHR implementation in local health departments (LHDs) through assessing the status of implementation, benefits, barriers, and strategies to overcome challenges. Methods: This research uses a mixed methods approach to assess 49 key-informant interviews and 324 web-based surveys from leaders and primary users of informatics within LHDs. These data assist in the evaluation of current practices, capabilities, and needs of LHDs. The qualitative interviews are coded by themes and sub-themes using NVivo software. Using SPSS and SAS analytical software, survey logistic regression and descriptive statistics the quantitative data were analyzed. Results: The majority of the LHDs do not have EHR implementation activity and are using non-EHR systems for data storage. Approximately 42 percent of LHDs implemented a type of EHR system. The most frequently mentioned benefits of EHR implementation are care coordination, retrieval or managing information, track outcomes of care, increased efficiencies, and accurate records. However, the barriers are costs or financial resources, resistance to change, no clinical services, lack of training, and low priority. LHD characteristics individually, significantly associated with the implementation of EHRs at least at the 0.05 significance level are: hardware allocation and acquisition within a central department in the LHD, hardware allocation and acquisition at county or city IT department, type of internet, and organizational activities related to informatics within the LHDs. For LHDs who have not implemented EHR systems, almost half have selected a system and are in the process of implementation. Conclusion: Despite the barriers of costs and resistance to change of EHR implementation in LHDs, the leaders are optimistic about the future of EHRs in LHDs even making plans for future implementation. Successful implementation is influenced by the level of control of informatics and organizational activities related to informatics

Heterogeneity, High Performance Computing, Self-Organization and the Cloud

application; blueprints; self-management; self-organisation; resource management; supply chain; big data; PaaS; Saas; HPCaa

Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Version 1.0

This Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Version 1.0 (“roadmap”) represents the culmination of the UASSC’s work to identify existing standards and standards in development, assess gaps, and make recommendations for priority areas where there is a perceived need for additional standardization and/or pre-standardization R&D. The roadmap has examined 64 issue areas, identified a total of 60 gaps and corresponding recommendations across the topical areas of airworthiness; flight operations (both general concerns and application-specific ones including critical infrastructure inspections, commercial services, and public safety operations); and personnel training, qualifications, and certification. Of that total, 40 gaps/recommendations have been identified as high priority, 17 as medium priority, and 3 as low priority. A “gap” means no published standard or specification exists that covers the particular issue in question. In 36 cases, additional R&D is needed. The hope is that the roadmap will be broadly adopted by the standards community and that it will facilitate a more coherent and coordinated approach to the future development of standards for UAS. To that end, it is envisioned that the roadmap will be widely promoted and discussed over the course of the coming year, to assess progress on its implementation and to identify emerging issues that require further elaboration

Heterogeneity, High Performance Computing, Self-Organization and the Cloud

application; blueprints; self-management; self-organisation; resource management; supply chain; big data; PaaS; Saas; HPCaa

Game Theory and Prescriptive Analytics for Naval Wargaming Battle Management Aids

NPS NRP Technical ReportThe Navy is taking advantage of advances in computational technologies and data analytic methods to automate and enhance tactical decisions and support warfighters in highly complex combat environments. Novel automated techniques offer opportunities to support the tactical warfighter through enhanced situational awareness, automated reasoning and problem-solving, and faster decision timelines. This study will investigate how game theory and prescriptive analytics methods can be used to develop real-time wargaming capabilities to support warfighters in their ability to explore and evaluate the possible consequences of different tactical COAs to improve tactical missions. This study will develop a conceptual design of a real-time tactical wargaming capability. This study will explore data analytic methods including game theory, prescriptive analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) to evaluate their potential to support real-time wargaming.N2/N6 - Information WarfareThis research is supported by funding from the Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Research Program (PE 0605853N/2098). https://nps.edu/nrpChief of Naval Operations (CNO)Approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.

Grid computing as an integrating force in virtual enterprises

Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-80).by Hongfei Tian.M.Eng

Health monitoring sensor suppliers integration

Alguma da população idosa é incapaz de viver de uma maneira independente e requer algum tipo de apoio e supervisão. Instituições que fornecem assistência ou cuidados a longo prazo a idosos servem o propósito de garantir o bem-estar e a saúde de pessoas da terceira idade, tendo em atenção os seus sinais vitais, garantindo a medicação apropriada e ajudando nas suas necessidades diárias. A plataforma Wisedome permite que os idosos nestas instituições tenham os seus sinais vitais monitorizados de forma contínua recorrendo ao uso de sensores, alertando os profissionais prestadores de cuidados de situações potencialmente perigosas como quedas de um idoso ou alterações do seu ritmo cardíaco. De maneira a garantir que os seus clientes tenham sempre os melhores e mais actuais sensores, a plataforma de monitorização de saúde Wisedome deverá ser independente do tipo de sensores utilizado e permitir integrar vários sensores de diferentes fornecedores, que se adaptem a diferentes tipos de idosos com diferentes necessidades. O objectivo deste projecto foi o de contribuir para o desenvolvimento e evolução da aplicação de monitorização Wisedome. Este objectivo pode ser dividido em três grandes tarefas: pesquisar as principais alianças que procuram atingir a interoperabilidade entre sensores de saúde; melhorar as funcionalidades da plataforma Wisedome para que esta possa vir a suportar não só o uso de diferentes tipos de sensores, mas que os suporte simultaneamente e de uma forma dinâmica; contribuir para o controlo de qualidade do software, nomeadamente em termos análise de requisitos e testes de sistema. Este documento serve de relatório das tarefas desempenhadas e das contribuições feitas para o desenvolvimento do Wisedome durante a execução deste project

Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Version 2.0

This Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Version 2.0 (“roadmap”) is an update to version 1.0 of this document published in December 2018. It identifies existing standards and standards in development, assesses gaps, and makes recommendations for priority areas where there is a perceived need for additional standardization and/or pre-standardization R&D. The roadmap has examined 78 issue areas, identified a total of 71 open gaps and corresponding recommendations across the topical areas of airworthiness; flight operations (both general concerns and application-specific ones including critical infrastructure inspections, commercial services, and public safety operations); and personnel training, qualifications, and certification. Of that total, 47 gaps/recommendations have been identified as high priority, 21 as medium priority, and 3 as low priority. A “gap” means no published standard or specification exists that covers the particular issue in question. In 53 cases, additional R&D is needed. As with the earlier version of this document, the hope is that the roadmap will be broadly adopted by the standards community and that it will facilitate a more coherent and coordinated approach to the future development of standards for UAS. To that end, it is envisioned that the roadmap will continue to be promoted in the coming year. It is also envisioned that a mechanism may be established to assess progress on its implementation