PODCAST: Helping the VA with Monkeypox Clinical Surveillance

In the following FedHealth Forward podcast interview, Diane Ratner, Senior Product Line Manager at DSS, Inc., discusses how DSS’s TheraDoc solution provided comprehensive Monkeypox clinical surveillance for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

While not as prevalent on the global scale as the COVID-19 pandemic, clinical surveillance around the monkeypox outbreak is still a significant concern for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

TheraDoc, DSS’s industry leading software decision support tool that provides real-time electronic clinical surveillance for antimicrobial stewardship and infectious disease treatment, helped with monkeypox tracking and reporting at the 60 VA facilities that use this solution.

Here are some key highlights from the interview:

• Insights around the monkeypox outbreak. (:44)

• About the TheraDoc solution for enhanced clinical surveillance. (1:34)

• How TheraDoc helped with monkeypox tracking and reporting for the VA. (3:22)

• How TheraDoc provides reporting and alerts for better disease surveillance. (5:55)

• What the future holds for infection control around pandemics. (8:00)

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