For just over a week, an Android application has been running in Las Tunas, through which it is possible to consult the results of the PCR tests, which makes it possible to socialize the information more quickly, benefiting the population and the health system.
Las Tunas, Cuba.- Yoel Rodríguez, head of Computerization in the Provincial Directorate of Public Health, said that Mipcr is a tool created by the Datys high-tech company, and it is available here on the Panorama Tunero citizen portal.
He explained that this app does not consume mobile data and people, once the sample is taken, is asked for a cell phone number or email, making it possible to check the status of the PCR, and the result of the test will be sent by a free message (SMS) or via email.
"The patient must make sure to correctly provide the data of the Identity Card in the epidemiological survey since the application has three ways of delivering the information as soon as possible: ID, email, or telephone. The patients' information is uploaded to the system, the laboratory processes it, and it is inserted into the database; if you declared the email or phone number, a message is sent to you by any of these means. You can also write your identity number and they will immediately inform you of the result if this has already been issued by the laboratory," he explained.
Another way to find out if you are positive or not for SARS-CoV-2 is by making a phone call to 18 826, in which an answering machine answers; immediately you must dial your ID, and a response will be given if the result of the PCR is available.
This system, the expert highlighted, organizes the work processes, facilitates the work in the Molecular Biology Laboratory, speeds up the statistical handling of each test, and the obtaining of the results to the interested party.
In turn, he emphasized, the app collects abundant information of epidemiological interest for Health personnel, such as the viral load of the person at the time of the sample, the number of contacts, the declared symptoms, among others.
A team of young students from the University of Medical Sciences is part of the group in charge of digitizing the data, and they feel useful to be part of the task to achieve greater functionality in the care of the population.
"We receive the information from the health areas, we take it to the database and, in this way, we facilitate access for the laboratory staff and streamline the entire process," said Idael Castro, a fourth-year student; while his colleague Kilmer Cobas pondered that "this helps the population to know the result as soon as possible, thus, avoiding a further spread of the virus in the territory."
