SXSW 2021
How Rapid Response Quelled a Virus Outbreak
Description:
In April 2020 Defense Digital Service (DDS) received a call from the Naval Hospital Guam requesting aid with a Covid-19 outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Within 48 hours, DDS in cooperation with Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC PAC) stood up a Symptom Tracker tool based on MySymptoms.mil. The site enabled the medical team to identify, isolate and provide care for sailors with a high likelihood of having Covid-19, track symptoms across hotels/floors, and reduce the use of PPE.
Panelists include personnel from DDS, the Medical Team in Guam, and NIWC PAC who will provide a play-by-play of the mission-critical situation, what it took to stand up the site in 48 hours, and how this tool is now being deployed across 17 military locations and 9 shipboard implementations.
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Takeaways
- An urgent situation required proactive, fast-thinking to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
- Team integration and authority are the special sauce for standing up a site / tool quickly.
- The application and the generated data can be used for rapid medical decision-making with the utmost flexibility.
Speakers
- Brett Luartes, Digital Service Expert (Product Manager), Defense Digital Service
- Maya Kuang, Army Product Manager, Defense Digital Service
- Charles Yetman, Data Science & Analytics, Senior Scientific Technical Manager, Navy Information Warfare Center Pacific
- Niels Olson, Chief Medical Officer, Defense Innovation Unit
Organizer
Brett Luartes, Digital Service Expert (Product Manager), Defense Digital Service
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