Making HSOC operational with connected technology<\/p>\n
Establishing the HSOC required a broad public-private coalition spanning academia, healthcare, technology and communications organizations, unified by a shared commitment to public health awareness, decision-making and response.<\/p>\n
Drawing on its experience supporting government agencies in command centers and on the front lines<\/a>, Samsung Electronics America joined the coalition of collaborators to equip the groundbreaking center with an ecosystem of connected technologies, including laptops, tablets, large-format displays, smartphones, wearables and audio equipment. AT&T provided wireless connectivity to extend Samsung\u2019s technology ecosystem beyond the walls of the operations center, enabling highly secure connectivity across jurisdictions and helping HSOC teams coordinate public health information from detection to action.<\/p>\n Samsung provided the technology and implementation support to rapidly stand up a working environment for the HSOC staff, which included teams from Georgetown University and MedStar Health, alongside academic partners such as Brown University, George Washington University, Washington University, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Florida and the London School of Economics.<\/p>\n \u201cSamsung\u2019s connected technology formed the foundation for our end-to-end flow of intelligence, from aggregating real-time public health data to presenting a unified view of disease signals for monitoring and decision-making,\u201d said Rebecca Katz, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor and Director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University.<\/p>\n Powering data analysis with Galaxy devices<\/p>\n Samsung Galaxy Book laptops provided the computing power for the HSOC team to process and analyze integrated data from a wide range of data streams.<\/p>\n \u201cDisease signals would come from event regions and communities where travelers originated, de-identified electronic health record data, environmental monitoring, open-source intelligence and international health alerts. Operations center staff also gathered weekly survey input from attendees to identify emerging health and safety concerns,\u201d added Ethan Booker, MD, FACEP, Vice President of Care Innovation, MedStar Institute for Innovation, and Chief Medical Officer for Telehealth, MedStar Health.<\/p>\n A key source of the HSOC data was Verily Health, a Samsung partner, which supplied pathogen-level data from its Sightline<\/a> wastewater sampling network and other government-sponsored wastewater monitoring programs across host cities. Through Verily\u2019s Workbench<\/a>, the operations center staff analyzed wastewater data and integrated it with other datasets to inform daily situation reports. This included when signals for measles were detected within a jurisdiction\u2019s wastewater. The HSOC team was able to use Galaxy smartphones and watches to remotely communicate and coordinate with local health departments on immediate action.<\/p>\n Samsung Galaxy tablets facilitated continuous team collaboration during daily operations. Galaxy Tab Active5, Galaxy Tab Active5 Pro and Galaxy Tab S10 FE+ tablets provided staff with an intuitive touchscreen interface for reviewing data and collaborating away from their workstations. On-device Galaxy AI features helped staff manage the volume and complexity of information flowing through the HSOC by summarizing email updates and generating live transcripts and meeting summaries to support leadership briefings. Galaxy AI language translation capabilities also supported correspondence across emails, messages and calls with international stakeholders during the global tournament.<\/p>\n Bringing disease signals into a unified view<\/p>\n As various data sources came together, Samsung innovative displays, including the QBC Series signage and BEFX-H Business Pro TVs, presented a single, actionable view of the intelligence. The large 4K ultra-high-definition screens helped the HSOC team collectively review trends and emerging risks. During meetings, Samsung WAFX-P Interactive Displays streamlined collaboration, allowing the team to seamlessly screen share from their Galaxy Books and tablets, annotate directly on the display and video conference with local health officials. Speakers and headsets from HARMAN and JBL supported clear communications among participants during stand-up calls and risk reviews.<\/p>\n \u201cThe value of a command center depends on how clearly teams can see and act on the information in front of them. Samsung display solutions helped the HSOC team bring complex disease-signal data into a centralized pane, supporting faster evaluation, stronger alignment and more timely guidance for public health awareness and response,\u201d said Nicolette Datri, Director of Channel Marketing, Display Solutions, Samsung Electronics America.\u00a0<\/p>\n Securing public health data and connected devices<\/p>\n Because the HSOC\u2019s operations depended on the access and sharing of sensitive public health information, devices needed to be secure and manageable. The built-in Samsung Knox security platform provides defense-grade protection of displays, devices and data. Hardware-backed safeguards, advanced encryption and real-time threat protection enable users to access the information they need without limiting the flexibility required for real-time health monitoring.<\/p>\n Samsung offered additional security enhancements through the Knox Suite of device management tools. Leveraging the Knox Suite together with existing Mobile Device Management (MDM) software, administrators can rapidly deploy, secure and manage their entire device fleet. They can provision these devices, enforce policies, troubleshoot issues and manage updates remotely. If a device was lost or compromised, they could remotely lock, wipe, update or reconfigure it to prevent unauthorized access to the data that could impact the HSOC operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Making HSOC operational with connected technology Establishing the HSOC required a broad public-private coalition spanning academia, healthcare, technology…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[67629,50716,67630,397,7140,12138,127,276],"class_list":["post-132751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-samsung-electronics","tag-command-and-control-displays","tag-federal","tag-large-event-security","tag-mobile","tag-public-health","tag-public-safety","tag-samsung","tag-samsung-electronics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}