MEDIA ALERT: Thursday, March 19, 2020
COVID-19 Frontline Readiness: Elemeno’s Digital App Ensures Bay Area hospitals manage patients and keep frontline staff safe as they address COVID-19.
Sonoma Valley Hospital goes live with Elemeno in less than 12 hours following UCSF lead. Up-to-the-moment infection control and agency reporting streamlined in seconds. National, regional, and hospital-specific practices at fingertips 24/7.
The bite-sized app is an “expert at your fingertips” with mission critical information and continuously updated coronavirus practices, essential to patient care and infection control, available on-demand.
“With this new app, our frontline staff has immediate access to recommended practices to safely care for patients who may have COVID-19,” says Kelly Mather, CEO of Sonoma Valley Hospital. “It has improved rapid communication and training for our frontline teams.”
ED staff are using the Elemeno app to quickly access coronavirus information on:
- Screening safely and preventing the spread of infection
- Managing patients with potential COVID-19 infection
- Quickly reporting suspected cases to health agencies
- Protective gear requirements – face shields, masks, gowns, gloves and goggles
- How to videos (for example, how to put on and take off protective gear)
- How to Protect other patients, hospital staff and alleviate anxiety
- Shared UCSF COVID-19 practices
- Selected CDC and regional resources
Interviews Available with:
Kelly Mather, CEO, Sonoma Valley Hospital
Contact: Celia Kruse De La Rosa, SVH ckrusedelarosa@sonomavalleyhospital.org 707.935.5257
Dr. Arup Roy-Burman, Founder of Elemeno
arup@elemenohealth.com 510.220.1595 Pediatric Critical Care and former Pediatric ICU Medical Director, UCSF Media Contact: Lisa Ricci, lisa.ricci@elemenohealth.com Resources: B-roll of how the app can be used for coronavirus updates. On location interviews available upon request.