Government: Real-time Reporting Alerts Healthcare Professionals to Potential Disease Outbreaks

Real-time Reporting Alerts Healthcare Professionals to Potential Disease Outbreaks

Delaware officials use trend analysis from hospitals, clinics and other healthcare points of contact as early warning for sophisticated surveillance system.

FACTOR developed key components of the Delaware Electronic Reporting & Syndromic Surveillance System (DERSS) to accelerate the identification and mitigate consequences for bioterrorism and disease outbreaks. With the system in place, public health officials in Delaware and at the national level are able to relay and search health information in real time to analyze trends in symptom and disease reporting. DERSS provides an early warning capability, allowing state professionals to analyze data streaming from hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare points of contact.

Integrated and Automated Outbreak Alerts

FACTOR provided GIS expertise and integrated automatic, map-based alerting services for telephone voice messaging, fax transmission, and wireless communication geocoded data. This custom mapping application is available through a web browser for fast collaboration among health professionals located throughout the state and the country.

Who We Work With

FACTOR worked with our consulting partners to develop this public health risk management tool for the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services.

The tools we applied.

Teleminder

Teleminder is an automated communications solution to send phone, text, and email messages. FACTOR has leveraged Teleminder in emergency management applications.

Dialogic

Dialogic is a communications technology company that provides numerous telecom infrastructure products, including bandwidth optimization solutions.

SQL Server

Microsoft’s flagship relational database is a core element in many software solutions for data storage, retrieval, and management.

Citrix Presentation Server

Now called XenApp, this Citrix offering provides virtual application delivery, so that users on different operating systems and devices can access critical applications or entire desktop environments securely.

VRiskMAP

FACTOR’s VRiskMAP is a powerful geographic information system tailored to support decision support for emergency planners.

ArcGIS Engine

Allows developers to embed ESRI GIS functionality directly in custom applications. ESRI is the leader in geographic information systems. FACTOR is a long-term ESRI business partner and uses the full suite of their products and development tools.