Design and Development of a Web-Based Disaster Health Information System Prototype for Medical Record and Health Information Students

Abstract

Disaster-response documentation requires rapid linkage of victim, healthservice,
logistics, and reporting data, while Medical Record and Health Information
students have limited access to disaster-specific learning environments.
This study designed a web-based Disaster Health Information System prototype
as an educational simulation for disaster health information management.
Requirements were synthesized from disaster-documentation needs, policy and
standards, prior literature, and intended student learning workflows; the study
did not report interview-, focus-group-, or questionnaire-based requirements
elicitation and did not conduct respondent usability testing. An iterative
prototype cycle covered quick design, DFD/ERD modeling, interface development,
and scenario-based design verification with synthetic display data. The
prototype established a role-based learning workflow that connects disaster
events with victim records, health services, urgent logistics, dashboard summaries,
and crisis reporting. Design verification confirmed traceability among
major processes and seven core data entities, while interface evidence was
strongest for login and dashboard functions; other modules were verified at the
design-traceability level. The educational novelty is the structured simulation
workflow linking patient-level documentation with event-level logistics and
reporting, rather than the individual use of dashboards, DFDs, ERDs, or rolebased
access. The prototype demonstrates a coherent learning-oriented design
but does not establish usability, performance, interoperability, or operational
effectiveness.