WeB-MEDIS patient tracking system

ORAU-designed WeB-MEDIS software provides support for Department of Homeland Security’s CSEPP program

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) has designed, developed and deployed the WeB-MEDIS system for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP).

WeB-MEDIS is a Web-based patient tracking system designed to provide emergency responders and hospitals with a highly portable system for inputting, sharing and tracking patient data from the field. The system was developed with guidance from firefighters, paramedics and hospital staff.

Based on jurisdictional procedures, patient status can be viewed by the receiving facilities and emergency operations centers in the region by using WeB-MEDIS.

WeB-MEDIS is…

• A lower cost, commercial, off-the-shelf component that can be quickly replaced if lost, destroyed or broken
• Inclusive of initial planning integration and training
• Inclusive of a customized software application/hardware that fully integrates into an organization’s operational procedures and protocols
• Both Wi-Fi and cellular wireless to ensure connection to the Internet and the WeB-MEDIS server

WeB-MEDIS has been demonstrated at Pueblo, Colo., and Tooele, Utah, CSEPP exercises, as well as at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs mass casualty exercises.