Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Increasing Resilience of Medical Facilities

Abstract

The paper presents an applied research and development project, Monitoring and tracing the movement and contacts of persons in medical facilities, financed by the Research and Development Support Agency of the Slovak Republic and currently carried out at the Faculty of Security Engineering of the University of Zilina in cooperation with companies from practice. The main contribution of the mentioned project lies in the development and design of a system for the identification and search of contacts of persons based on the monitoring of their movement in the object of the medical facility through the selected information technology. The system can also be implemented in other premises with a large number of people. The paper also deals with the issue of the resilience of medical facilities from the point of view of their inclusion among critical entities providing basic services that play an irreplaceable role in maintaining vital societal functions. It points to the necessity of using information and communication technology in the health sector.