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Montgomery County Partners With Real Time Medical Systems to Detect Nursing Facility COVID-19 Cases Days Earlier
May 12th, 2020
Cloud-based system intended to save the lives of patients and staff Baltimore, MD, April 13, 2020 – Montgomery County, PA, has teamed up with Real Time Medical Systems to provide 24/7 electronic Infectious Disease Surveillance of nursing facilities in the county, who have volunteered to share their data. The cloud-based software pulls data from the electronic health records (EHRs), identifying potential infectious disease “hotspots.” The system detects infectious disease warning signs, looking for changes in temperature, respiratory rate, cough, diagnosis, and shortness of breath. “By having automated, early access to all of today’s medical information we hope to be able to...read more