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CharmHealth, in partnership with Countermind, rolls out a turnkey solution that can be readily deployed by clinics, pharmacies, and community centers of all sizes to meet the surge, the ambitious goal of vaccinating the country set by President Biden.
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We are always excited when our customers get recognition for their outstanding work. Today we are proud to announce that Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliatesn (KODA) has won a 2018 Pinnacle Award for Creativity from Donate Life America for their “innovative efforts of the team to encourage and empower Kentuckians to register as organ and tissue donors.” See one example of the press coverage here. A component of their program was the Bridge2Life mobile app that provided information about organ donation to their target audience as well as a way to instantly register through a mobile web page or by using the Swipe to Donate Life mobile app that registers by scanning a drivers license. Both mobile apps were developed by Countermind.
You can download the Bridge2Life app for free from either the Apple App Store or the Google Play store.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bridge2life/id1286905649?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app_countermind306.layout
Swipe to Donate Life is available only through the Apple B2B App Store. More information can be found here.
The new Sinai Hospital Donor Memorial Wall will feature an interactive kiosk to educate people on organ and tissue donation and offer opportunity to register as a donor on the spot using a driver’s license.
BALTIMORE – June 2, 2016 – PRLog – The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland (LLF), together with Lifebridge Health and Countermind, LLC, is proud to announce the unveiling of “Swipe to Donate Life” at the Sinai Hospital Donor Memorial Wall. The Sinai Hospital Donor Memorial Wall will be dedicated at a memorial ceremony on June 9,2016 at 5:30 pm. The event will be attended by donor family members, transplant recipients, and staff from The LLF and Lifebridge Health hospitals. Then Donor Memorial Wall is made up of individual name plates honoring the hospital’s generous organ and tissue donors. An interactive monitor kiosk installed on the wall will feature educational information and the “Swipe to Donate Life” app. While the “Swipe to Donate Life” app has been implemented in Maryland and other states, this is the first use of the app enabling the public to enter a secure organ and tissue donor registry at the site of a Donor Memorial wall, at any time, independent of the presence of an organization representative or app operator.n
Sinai Hospital Donor Memorial Wall is the first in the country to offer “Swipe to Donate Life” access 24/7 at a donor memorial wall. “Swipe to Donate Life”n has been implemented in Maryland since March 2015. This fully customized app runs on a mobile device (such as iPhone or iPad) and, equipped with an sled accessory from Barcoding, Inc., allowing an individual to register as organ and tissue donors by scanning the driver’s license barcode. The donor’s information is then securely added to the Donate Life Maryland Registry in real time. Amy Perry, President of Sinai Hospital and Executive Vice President of Lifebridge Health, said, “Sinai Hospital is honored to be home to the nation’s first interactive registration donor memorial wall, where we hope the inspiring donor and recipient stories, as well as the easy-to-use kiosk, will encourage visitors and employees to consider and choose organ and tissue donation. We are pleased to work with The Living Legacy Foundation on this important initiative as we acknowledge and thank these generous donors and their families.”
The “Swipe to Donate Life” interactive registry kiosk was funded through a generous donation from the W.D. “Pete” Class Foundation. The Class family was impacted by donation when their son, Towson University football player Gavin Class, received a liver transplant in 2013. Charlie Alexander, President and CEO of The LLF, said, “With over 120,000 people currently on the organ transplant waiting list, it is imperative that every person who wishes ton save lives as an organ and tissue donor takes action and registers. We are proud to work with Lifebridge Health and Countermind to make saving lives through organ and tissue donation as easy as possible. This wall will allow potential donors to be inspired by the names and stories of our many generous local donors and immediately act by registering to save lives as a donor themselves.” Chuck Krutsinger, CEO of Countermind, said, “As a living donor myself, I am proud to be part of the important work of organ donor registration.The LLF is changing the game of donor registration by placing Swipe to Donate Life on a donor wall where the call to save lives through donation will be powerful and continual. Countermind and Barcoding, Inc. look forward to seeing the ongoing, positive impact of mobile data capture technology on donor initiatives, not only in the state of Maryland, but across the United States.”
Those wishing to save lives as an organ and tissue donor can register by saying “Yes” at the MVA or online at http://www.donatelifemaryland.org.
ABOUT THE LLF: The Living Legacy Foundation is a non-profit organization who saves and enhances lives through organ and tissue donation and transplantation.n The LLF facilitates donation and transplantation, offers family support, provides education to the public, and is passionate about our mission of saving and enhancing lives. Learn more at http://www.thellf.org
ABOUT LIFEBRIDGE HEALTH: LifeBridge Health is one of the largest, most comprehensive providers of health services in Maryland. LifeBridge Health includes Sinai Hospital, Northwest Hospital, Carroll Hospital, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, and related subsidiaries and affiliates. For more information, visit http://www.lifebridgehealth.org.
A recent study funded by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found that an iPod Touch-based platform and FDA’s Sentinel system could be used to accurately track the safety of drugs and vaccines dispensed during public health emergencies. The platform, called the Handheld Automated Notification for Drugs and Immunizations (HANDI), uses an application running on an iPod touch, fitted with a card reader and barcode scanner, to record patients’ information from a driver’s license. HANDI is the project name used by Denver Public Health for its customized implementation of Mobile Intelligence™ Clinic (see MI Clinci case study).
The goal of the study was to determine whether information gathered using the platform could be matched to electronic health records (EHR) within FDA’s Sentinel database as a means of monitoring the safety of medical products used in public health emergencies. According to the study (Using a Handheld Device for Patient Data Collection: A Pilot for Medical Countermeasures Surveillance),
“This investigation demonstrated that a handheld device is a feasible means of collecting patient identity and medical product receipt data. This capacity should be useful for safety surveillance of MCMs, particularly when dispensed in settings outside the traditional health-care delivery system.”
MI Clinic extends existing clinical systems to provide mobile data collection capabilities using customized and optimized workflows. As a result, MI Clinic can address a wide variety of clinical data collection use cases well beyond vaccinations. For more information, see MI Clinic product page.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Immunization Services Division worked with Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) to prepare a “Catalog of Electronic Technologies Used for Data Collection at Vaccination Clinics”. The catalog lists a number of technologies; however, it only identifies a single mobile solution: Handheld Automated Notification for Drugs and Immunizations (HANDI). HANDI is a version of Countermind’s Mobile Intelligence™ Clinic (MI Clinic) specifically tailored for vaccination campaigns. Using MI Clinic Manager an organization can define the data collection requirements for screening and treating patients and the MI Clinic mobile app for iOS will capture that data so that it can be electronically submitted to immunization registries or electronic health records in real time or in batches. For more information about MI Clinic, go to the product page or contact Countermind. You can download the “Catalog of Electronic Technologies Used for Data Collection at Vaccination Clinics” from our site here.
Donate Life America has recognized Donor Network of Arizona with the 2015 Game Changer Pinnacle Award for their innovative use of the Swipe to Donate Life mobile app, which registers organ donors in just seconds by swiping or scanning the donor’s drivers license. The award congratulates Donor Network of Arizona for inspiring more individuals to say “Yes!” to organ, eye and tissue donation. Donor Network of Arizona was the first organ procurement organization to roll this technology out and has been using it since 2013 to make it easier than ever to register potential donors at public events. This innovation has reduced costs and increased the speed and accuracy of the donor registration process while also making it easier for the donor and the staff. Congratulations, Donor Network of Arizona, who also won three more awards from Donate Life America due to their many impactful programs. You can read about all four awards at their website: http://www.dnaz.org/dna-captures-four-pinnacle-awards
Just this week Wisconsin became the 7th state to deploy Countermind’s Swipe to Donate Life technology to quickly and accurately register organ donors with a swipe or scan of the donor՚s drivers license. They joined Arizona, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Minnesota, and Kansas in this exciting use of mobile technology to make donor registration possible anywhere/anytime in just seconds. Here is some of the press coverage that Wisconsin received when they used Swipe at the recent Ag Days event:
Wisconsin State Journal Article – New Scanning Technology Could Help People Register…
Superior Telegram Article – App Accelerates Process…
Swipe to Donate Life is now available for iOS and Android and in a new kiosk option where potential donors can register themselves – great for placement at organ donor memorial walls or government office buildings.
Tim Brown, CEO of Donor Network of Arizona (DNA), has been named a “Leader of Distinction” by the Organization for Nonprofit Executives (ONE). According to ONE spokesperson, Emily Striffler, “Tim’s subtle leadership and strong expectations have transformed Donor Network of Arizona into one of the most well-respected organ procurement organizations in the country.” The press release from DNA specifically notes “Tim’s push for mobile organ donation registration capabilities made DNA uniquely innovative as the first in the U.S. to utilize the technology for such a purpose.” It was DNA that first approached Countermind to create Swipe to Donate Life, a mobile app for registering organ donors in just seconds with just a swipe or scan of a driver’s license. The app uses Countermind’s Mobile Intelligence™ Register platform technology. In the past year, Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland, Donate Life North Carolina, and Donate Life South Carolina have also begun using Swipe to Donate Life to enhance their donor registration activities. Countermind is proud to work with such thought leaders as Tim Brown and congratulates him for earning this outstanding recognition.
Countermind is one of 12 semi-finalists for the PriME Health Collaborative’s 2014 Digital Health Challenge competition for companies seeking a pilot of their product within a healthcare organization. The PrIME Health Collaborative is a growing community of more than 450 health care administrators, physicians, technologists, academics, entrepreneurs and investors working together to identify and grow Colorado’s statewide Digital Health Ecosystem. The 2014 Colorado Digital Health Challenge powered by the Colorado Health Foundation is a 3-month program seeking to match early-stage digital health companies to national and international investors as well as key healthcare service organizations and stakeholders including hospitals, physician clinics and payers. More than $150,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to finalists. The competition will culminate in a live pitch to a panel of health care executives and a group of more than 100 interested onlookers on September 17th at Industry Denver as part of Denver Startup Week. For a list of all the semi-finalists in both tracks, see http://www.metrodenver.org/news/news-center/2014/09/prime-health-collaborative-announces-2014-colorado-digital-health-challenge-finalists/.