Overview of Technology Innovation for Sustainable Healthcare and Disaster Management

While on one hand there has been tremendous progress in new technologies, and social media over the past several years, application of these technologies for innovation in disaster management is still a challenge. There are immense scopes of making progress in technological innovation for promoting sustainable healthcare and disaster management. This book provides an overview of how technology innovation has been evolving in the management of different types of disasters, particularly those related to healthcare. Hence the book has been organized into three sections, each with five chapters. The first section provides examples of the role different types of technologies are playing in the management of disasters (natural and others). The second section discusses the complexities involved in making these technology solutions sustainable in terms of cost and efforts in different countries. Since most of the technology solutions are based on information technology (e.g., mobile phones, drones, blockchain, social media, etc.), the third and last section delves deeper into the information technology solutions.