Pestotnik said that while TheraDoc technology is helping many hospitals manage their H1N1 responses today, seven years ago at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, public health officials and infectious disease experts at the University of Utah studied the novel surveillance technology for the rapid detection of disease clusters and agents of bioterrorism in the athletes ™ village and surrounding population. TheraDoc was instrumental in the early identification and management of a flu outbreak in the athletes ™ village.

TheraDoc provides real-time information to rapidly identify, confirm, and document infections based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines. The system monitors lab orders and results, microbiology results, pharmacy data, patient demographics, vital signs, ADT (admission, discharge, and transfer), and other data ”providing the most comprehensive interfacing capabilities in the industry. The system alerts clinicians about potential healthcare-associated infections, infectious disease outbreaks, adverse drug events, or changes in patients ™ conditions so that appropriate and timely interventions can be made. TheraDoc surveillance technology also supports and facilitates standardized reporting of notifiable diseases, emerging infections, and other data to local, state, and national public health agencies such as the CDC.

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