1. “Decreasing Mortality One App at a Time.”
Aliza Brown, PhD,
Program Co-Director, Telemedicine Core, CTN
Program Evaluator, AR SAVES
Assistant Professor, COM Radiology
COPH, Health Policy and Management
Center for Translational Neuroscience
Seminar Series
Rayford Auditorium
November 28, 2017
12 noon

2. Mobile applications to decrease mortality in IDeA states are being site tested in Arkansas.
Here we describe two applications for use in at risk rural counties, the first is a training
application for enhancing rural emergency medical services (EMS) care and the second
is an application designed to improve patient outcomes in rural areas during medical
emergencies.
Part 1. WeTrain911. A Mobile App for Dispatcher Operator Training: In rural states there are shortages of medically trained public safety answering point (PSAP)
911 answering stations. Dispatchers in these rural states risk leaving out vital Medical
Priority Dispatch System (MPDS) determinants on patient stability and location to
emergency medical systems (EMS) paramedics. We developed a smart phone medical
education application for PSAP operators in underserved rural areas with a high
deficiency of medical training. Only five counties have medically trained dispatchers
and use MPDS codes. This presentation details the method of dispatched caller
information provided by 911 operators in counties without medical training. We
examined the method used to deliver information to local EMS and the EMS response
time in eight rural test counties. All 911 calls over six consecutive months in 2016, were
examined for method of dispatched information, EMS response time and by the type of
medical emergency.
Part 2. 1-click. A short-key Mobile App for one-touch can send medical response requests
for trauma, MI or stroke. Voice activation is not required and thus helps patients that are
incoherent. The application saves time, increases information relay speed and routes faster
response of EMS to a cellular phone location. This app is being targeted to rural minority
populations to improve healthcare and outcomes.