Cornell University, Lockheed Martin jointly to develop computerized system for hospitals
A joint academia-industry collaboration on a hospital emergency computer system
Ithaca, New York-based Cornell University is joining Lockheed Martin to develop a computerized system for hospitals to plan and deal with mass casualty events. Weill Cornell Medical College and Lockheed Martin will develop the system to help the nation’s hospitals in handling mass casualties from disasters such as hurricanes, pandemics, and bioterrorism. The system will be able to create disaster simulations for testing purposes and act as a decision-making support system in a real disaster. The system, for which Lockheed is providing the research funding, will be an extension of a prototype already developed at Cornell. The new system will combine Cornell’s computer models with command-and-control systems Lockheed developed for medical services in the military. Other technology companies will be invited to work on the project. The goal is to create a distributed communications system which would coordinate the work of emergency responders, hospital managers, and local and regional officials.
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