-- The three organizations are helping governments with their
vaccination efforts and assisting businesses to open safely
-- Offerings include contact tracing, vaccine
management and EY Proximity Monitor
LONDON, June 16, 2021
/PRNewswire/ -- EY, SAP and Qualtrics (Nasdaq: XM) today announced
that governments and businesses across the US and EMEIA are using
their collaborative offerings to help in the fight against the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Through digitizing testing and scheduling, personalizing the
patient experience, and scaling outreach and communication across
communities, governments are using these offerings to make it
easier for their communities to get vaccinated and help businesses
navigate COVID-19 processes to safely reopen. The offerings include
EY implementation services, Qualtrics contact tracing and vaccine
management solutions, and EY Proximity Monitor built on the SAP
Business Technology Platform.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, EY, Qualtrics and SAP teams
worked together to help meet the urgent and critical needs of
governments globally. Now, more than one year later, government and
health officials are finding these offerings are saving time,
increasing response rates and helping people get vaccinated.
Hanne Jesca Bax, EY EMEIA Markets
& Accounts Leader and EY Global SAP Executive Sponsor,
says:
"Through this collaboration, SAP, Qualtrics and EY teams have
developed effective contact tracing and vaccine management and
distribution solutions that, coupled with EY implementation support
skills, help governments and businesses maintain their operations
and prioritize the safety of their people and customers."
Combining experience to put people at the center of contact
tracing and vaccine operations
In South Dakota, EY and
Qualtrics teams implemented a cost-effective contact tracing
solution in less than two weeks – reducing the state's contact
tracing team's manual efforts by more than 75%. Additionally, in
the state of Missouri, EY and
Qualtrics teams implemented the Vaccine Navigator, which has helped
process patients quicker and at scale. At an 8,000-dose event in
Kansas City, the system received
praise for allowing administrators to process vaccinations three
times faster than paper invoicing. To date, the Navigator has
registered 750,000 individuals and processed more than 270,000
vaccinations.
John Shmulsky, Technology
Lead, South Dakota Department of
Health, says:
"The South Dakota Electronic Contact Tracing, Case
Investigation, and Isolation Removal solution, as supported by EY
and Qualtrics teams, was a game changer in the ability to meet the
promises made to communities. The automations provided by the
initiative were considerable morale boosters internally, providing
a case/contact landscape where success in objectives could be
realized."
R.J. Filipski, Global Head of Ecosystem, Qualtrics, says:
"Governments around the world are seeing that resident
experience matters more than ever. Putting human beings at the
center of vaccine management and contact tracing efforts helps
officials reach more individuals and builds trust in their
communities. We are proud to work with EY and SAP teams to help
communities as they work to accelerate their efforts throughout the
COVID-19 pandemic."
Brad Duncan, Principal, Ernst
& Young LLP, US Government & Public Sector State Local
& Education Leader, says:
"This collaboration is supporting state and local governments in
their efforts to securely, safely and equitably distribute COVID-19
vaccines. Teaming with SAP and Qualtrics helps enable the three
organizations to share leading practices and further enable public
health agencies to rapidly and effectively reach citizens
nationwide."
A return to events with the EY Proximity Monitor
As event organizers in some parts of the world consider a return
to operations or are preparing to reopen, EY launched Proximity
Monitor to help businesses safely undergo this process. Built on
SAP technology, EY Proximity Monitor measures the effectiveness of
events' social distancing protocols and notifies guests if social
distancing restrictions are not being followed. EY teams collect
proximity data by linking devices and analyzing trends using the
SAP Analytics Cloud solution and SAP HANA® Cloud
database, both components of SAP Business Technology Platform.
Leveraging EY Proximity Monitor is at the core of the PGA
European Tour's COVID-19 protocols and strategy to help ensure
safety for staff, guests and participants. Following successful
deployments at several of its golf championship events in 2020, the
European Tour plans to continue to use the technology to help
facilitate the safe return of golf fans.
Dr. Andrew Murray, Chief Medical
Officer, European Tour, says:
"We recognize the proximity and duration of contact to COVID-19
increases the risk of transmission. On the European Tour, we are
doing all we can to decrease social contacts that could lead to
transmission. EY Proximity Monitor is providing invaluable
insights, further decreasing the risk at our events, and positively
influencing human behaviors. We look forward to the expanded
deployment of the technology once we resume tournaments in the near
future."
Jim Brett, SAP Vice President,
Global Business Development and Ecosystem, says:
"Coming together to provide the assistance and support that
organizations need to support citizen safety has been the
foundation of this shared initiative. We are proud of our
collaboration to deliver advanced technologies, guidance and
solutions that organizations need to manage processes amid
unprecedented times."
EY was recognized for its COVID-19 offerings and named the
winner of both the SAP EMEA South and SAP EMEA North 2021 Awards
for Global Strategic Service Partner Excellence – COVID-19
Response. In addition, EY received a 2021 SAP Pinnacle Award for
Partner of the Year – Experience Management, SAP and Qualtrics and
the 2021 SAP Global Innovation Award for Proximity Monitor.
For more information, visit ey.com/sap.
Joanna Hardy
EY Global Media Relations
+1 212 773-4473
joanna.c.hardy@ey.com
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