John Morales
Port Clinical Administration
Port Medical Administration has done beta-testing on a new cellular app designed to make it possible for maritime crewmen to administer their own COVID-19 assessments, from any spot, and get quick tracked success pursuing confirmation by a Port Health-related Administration group member. The Port Clinical Administration SeaScan application, formulated by cell app specialists DOM&TOM (www.DomandTom.com), was commissioned by Port Health care founder and CEO Dean Crassas, influenced by his conversations with ship owners, agents, and P&I Golf equipment.


“Our sector is generally intrigued in ‘better, a lot quicker, and a lot less costly,’” notes Crassas, “and Port Health care Management’s SeaScan app delivers on all counts.”


In 2020, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the transport sector confronted an unprecedented obstacle as most nations around the world and airways commenced implementing required COVID-19 testing for all tourists. Ship house owners and agents promptly learned the logistical troubles of testing on-signing and off-signing crewmembers, and the will need for expediting check benefits to permit for well timed crew modifications.


Screenshot from the SeaScan app’s interface




With the initially wave of pandemic-connected cases, Port Clinical Management’s functions workforce took actions to be certain that the corporation was uniquely positioned to provide Quick PCR and Antigen tests in all US ports. In shorter buy, Port Clinical Administration became an field chief in addressing this problem for owners and brokers in the most efficient and value-productive fashion.


“We’re looking at a lot less stringent specifications for screening of late,” observes Crassas, “but the genuine possibility of traveling crew members boarding vessels though unknowingly contaminated with COVID-19 stays a authentic issue for ship owners. They nevertheless want and require this safety of testing, but there is developing resistance to the higher prices involved with laboratory testing.”


Port Medical’s pursuit of a way to benefit from the much considerably less costly, self-administered Antigen COVID-19 checks, in a method that would allow these results to be tracked and verified, prompted his overture to DOM&TOM, who have delivered electronic options service to many Fortune 500 businesses. The alternative they made is Port Medical’s new SeaScan app. This cellular application will allow crew users to take a look at on their own and consists of a 3-move verification procedure, with photograph affirmation and third-get together corroboration of effects by Port Clinical Management. This substantially reduces the expense for ship owners, and nonetheless gives an productive implies of guarding the crew associates and other individuals from spreading COVID-19 on vessels.


For a lot more info on employing this new, cost and time conserving technological innovation, stop by Port Clinical Management at www.portmedical.internet or call at 713-526-PORT (7678).

The thoughts expressed herein are the author’s and not essentially individuals of The Maritime Government.
