MDT Emergency Response Integration Project

About the Program

Category: Risk and Emergency Management (Best in Category)

Year: 2014

The Charles County Maryland Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) Emergency Response Integration Project was undertaken in response to a grant/directive from the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS). MIEMSS responsibility is to provide applications, assure implementation, and oversee and coordinate all components of the statewide EMS system in accordance with Maryland statutes and regulations. This grant funded directive was intended to provide MIEMSS with EMS System Assurance as it relates to Information Systems, and the enhancement of the Maryland State local EMS data interface with MIEMSS electronic patient tracking. Charles County’s EMS was the State’s local EMS entity chosen to demonstrate the interface enhancement. The Charles County Maryland Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) Emergency Response Integration Project was intended to consolidate multiple Emergency Response tools currently in use by Charles County EMS personnel with the MIEMSS implemented electronic patient tracking system. These elements, combined with advances in information technology and information systems in the mobile computing field, provided the required system to deliver information sharing in real-time with an optimal computing hardware solution. The project accomplishes the following: • Offers a new level of patient tracking services to local residents in times of need • Provides capability of emergency responders, public safety agencies and the public health care system to respond to homeland security events, as well as to complex incidents involving a variety of hazards • Produces a creative, scalable solution that integrates mass casualty event management with every day ES data capture/management requirements • Minimizes equipment and reduces training requirements • Provides direct cost savings • Creates better intergovernmental cooperation and coordination