by kcarten | Aug 11, 2020 | News
WAMU 88.5 Vogt says contact tracers enroll people in Sara Alert, a software system created by Mitre and in place in Virginia since late May. The software sends emails, texts or phone calls to patients to monitor their vital statistics. If people are not comfortable...
by kcarten | Aug 9, 2020 | News
Marianas Variety In the CNMI, newly arrived travelers are enrolled in the Sara Alert System and undergo two Covid-19 tests — one upon arrival at the Saipan airport and the second on the fifth day after their arrival. Travelers must undergo quarantine until the result...
by kcarten | Aug 7, 2020 | News
KMBC Kansas City The public health agency has started using the Sara Alert system to bring automation to disease investigation, symptom tracking and contact tracing for COVID-19. “It’s a great system,” said Danielle Roethler, a community development...
by kcarten | Aug 7, 2020 | News
CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Maine found that using automated symptom monitoring as a part of the state’s contact tracing program was well received, with the majority of monitored contacts (96.4%) agreeing to automated symptom monitoring. Automated...
by kcarten | Aug 6, 2020 | News
Infection Control Daily Maine health officials did not have the resources to conduct contract tracing in the traditional manner, and Maine’s relatively sparse, and spread out population also presented obstacles. The technological answer to these problems is called...
