Muscogee (Creek) Nation employees returning to work will have a new tool to monitor their health.
Tribal health officials are partnering with RespirCare and HGE Health to provide employees with an app called HGE COVID Care. It will allow them to type in any symptoms they are experiencing. The results will be sent offsite to RespirCare in Tulsa, who will follow up if necessary.
Shawn Terry, the tribe's Secretary of Health, said this app is essential to getting the nation's 900 people to return to work safely.
"When you have 900 employees or more, you have to try to find some mechanism to monitor that many people, their daily symptoms," Terry said. "This seemed to be a good alternative instead of mass evaluating individuals."
The app is free for employees and voluntary to use. The tribe will pay on average between $25-$30 for the service.
Muscogee (Creek) Nation leadership says plans are underway for people to do a phase-in return to work.
