In order to make medical transportation service more responsibly, AT&T, medical transportation management company Southeastrans is now using tablets to record trips, save time, improve accountability, help prevent fraudulent claims through accurate pick-up and drop off records – and reduce the worry for their passengers. According to a press release, Atlanta, Ga.-based Southeastrans works with government agencies to provide non-emergency medical transport for Medicare and Medicaid recipients.
The company has announced a pilot program with Southeastrans to equip its 700+ drivers with tablets. At the start of the pilot, Southeastrans will deploy more than 250 tablets with the remaining devices rolling out later. Drivers will use the tablets to record trips and patient information, to help ensure that each patient is dropped off and picked up at the correct time and place.
"Shipping companies have been tracking packages for years, but transportation providers are often unable to provide accurate, timely information about passengers," said Steve Adams, President and CEO of Southeastrans. "People are intrinsically more valuable than packages, so it is absolutely essential that caregivers and loved ones are able to have real-time information regarding the whereabouts of medical transports often involving medically fragile people. This is why Southeastrans developed the InSight Mobile App."
In conjunction with the tablet deployment, Southeastrans developed the industry-first Net InSight Mobile App for its drivers. The app will benefit the states and their taxpayers, as it will significantly diminish the ability to commit fraud by requiring drivers to keep detailed electronic time and trip logs. Keeping the data on encrypted tablet devices provided by AT&T helps prevent potential security breaches and provides accurate and measurable data for Southeastrans to report to the state agencies it supports.
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