e-Bridge 17.43

GD e-Bridge™ Mobile Telemedicine App is a versatile tool designed for EMS, Public Safety, and Healthcare professionals. Listed in the FirstNet App Catalog™, this app provides HIPAA-secure communication options including voice, text, photos, video clips, and live streaming on various devices like smartphones, tablets, Toughbooks, or PCs. It allows for recording and logging data for quality assessment, training purposes, and medical-legal documentation. This facilitates speedy and reliable multimedia communication with EMS teams, physicians, specialists, and hospitals regardless of location. The app enhances decision-making processes and situational awareness while promoting better quality and cost-effective patient care.

The emphasis on patient privacy is evident through its HIPAA-compliance and various security features such as password protection and encryption. The app ensures that photos and videos are only sent to approved networks and are not stored in the device gallery.

Real-world applications of GD e-Bridge include aiding in stroke assessments by sharing recorded or live videos with hospitals or stroke centers. It allows for sharing images of trauma scenes with trauma teams for better decision-making. Additionally, it enables telemedicine consults for mobile integrated healthcare or community paramedicine between patients and physicians through live streaming.

• Stroke – Send recorded or live streaming video of the prehospital stroke assessment to the hospital or stroke center.
• Trauma – Share pictures from the scene of the mechanism of injury with trauma teams to aid in decisions and team preparation.
• Mobile integrated healthcare/community paramedicine – Enable telemedicine consults between the patient and their physician with live streaming video.
• Burns or wounds – Share pictures to enable physicians to better advise EMS on wound care prior to arrival and make optimal transport decisions.
• Transport refusals – Video against medical advice patient refusals for liability protection.
• Mass casualty – Send pictures, video clips or live streaming video from the scene to physicians, emergency communications or command centers to improve triage, situational awareness and resource allocation.
• Bio/chemical/hazmat event – Photos, video clips or live streaming from the scene can help minimize the number of responders, healthcare providers and members of the public exposed, improve triage, and ensure patients are taken to facilities equipped to handle such emergencies.

The app includes a tracking feature that should be used judiciously due to its impact on battery life when GPS is running in the background.