Episode 350 – Clear 2 Go COVID-19 Screening App

what is going on? This is the IT in the D show. Episode 350. We are, we got a great guest this week. Mike, Willis' one of the founders of clear to go. And there's a cool new app. That's helping companies stay safe when they're bringing people back, uh, from this Kobe madness, um, which is very timely, uh, and should be a great, great conversation. Uh, and speaking of which obviously, um, we, we all acknowledge what's going on in the chaos in the world. Hopefully our show can give you a little break from that on behalf of all of us. We just want to say that we stand with all the peaceful protesters and, uh, we hope that some change can come about all of this and we can all be better for it. Um, so you know what, Dave, you may fire when ready? Okay. Welcome back. How's everything doing? This is episode three 50 of the one and only it in the DJ. We all are, are all broadcasting live from our respective houses. This is Bob, the sales guy that is Dave, the geek Randy. 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Uh, what would that be instead? We sincerely appreciate your time. Um, so I guess let's talk, uh, getting a product launched with this stuff only being a month or so old. I mean, that had to have been a pretty Herculean feat, I guess, talk to me about the idea for this and then we'll dive right into the product. Sure. Yeah. I mean, uh, gosh, we're in like week seven of this thing, uh, for us at least, uh, you know, I think we have Wednesday morning, I get a call from my partner and said, you know, uh, what if we had something to do like this? And it immediately just snowballed into this huge thing where yeah. Screening questions are definitely needed, but there's this whole process that happens behind the scenes. Uh, HR teams have to make sure not just that people can come back to work, but what happens when they can't and, and for all the various reasons why not? So, uh, you know, it just 18 hour days, 15 to 18 hour days for the past seven weeks, it's getting pretty rough. But how big, a big a team of coders do you have or are you guys doing all this internal? Yeah. Yeah. Uh, luckily it was amazing, you know, just really lucky for us. We had a team that just kind of, uh, came off of another project and we'd all worked together before and just, it was like, we're getting the band back together. Yeah. That's always a good feeling. So I guess in short, what is it a technology or, or the app? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, it starts off as like there's, you know, a, an iOS and Android app and then there's, we call it an SMS text app and basically a, you need, with those ways, you get a reminder in the morning, if you're an employee of someplace, Hey, it's time to screen, you know, uh, and, uh, you fill out a few questions. The questions are customized per employer. So, uh, you know, somebody in Georgia can have different questions than somebody in Michigan. It makes perfect sense. Right. Right. One size doesn't fit all, especially for businesses. So, uh, you answer your questions and as long as you have it, your answer, everything, uh, you know, in the green, then basically you get your little badge and it's green, so you can hold it up across the room and, and show it to people like in the lobby and say, yeah, I screened. Um, I'm going to go through to go. And, um, and then there's a barcode too, so that we can link that up, uh, through, uh, essentially a visitor management system. And so if you come in and you scan, we make that link electronically back to that business. Um, and so then on the, on the other side of that is case management where a response team or HR can manage what happens when somebody fails a screening. And so whether it's asymptomatic symptomatic, whether they've been diagnosed, uh, and then following that process from, uh, just, uh, watching it to, uh, treatment to recovery, to finally being cleared, to return back to work well. And, and I guess, like, that's a good question. Cause like, you know, we've got, uh, friends that have gone back for, you know, whether it's Ford or GM or, you know, something other big three. And like, I know like one of our buddies had an issue, uh, because one of the standard questions that they ask, uh, during their process is, you know, do you have a, a sore throat or a runny nose or anything like that? And well, it it's allergy season and, and it's Michigan. And, and so the answer for like everyone is yes, like that's how that works. I'm going to add to this. We got to have, we got a big sign on the outside of our door. Um, it says, you know, if you have any of these symptoms, you can't get entry. And one of the symptoms is diarrhea and I'm walking with my boss and I'm like, they're never going to let you that I'm building nice. Yeah. I mean, part of it too is like making sure that you're clear in the questions. So like, eh, have you had a persistent new cough for the past three days? Things like that. It's a little, a little bit of nuance. Well, and I guess, I guess that was, that was where I was going with that question is like, do you guys provide any guidance to what those questions should be? Or do you come with a default set of questions? That kind of thing. Yeah. We're trying not to prescribe and because it's really easy for a, an HR department that's just overworked right now to just take whatever's off the shelf. And so we do make recommendations from, you've got the CDC, so federal you've got state, you've got County, you have sometimes cities recommending it. And, and, and so trying to pick and choose what works best for them, uh, based off those templates. Yeah. That's what I was going to ask you, Mike, like, can they, it's there, it's up to them to pick or choose like what compliance standards are there already, are they adhering to, is this just, um, it's basically, you know, cause I filled out a half a dozen of them at different places already and they're all different. Yeah. Yeah. You know, it'd be nice if there's just one set up, but that's it. And, uh, you know, for awhile it was like, Hey, we want to ask, uh, what their temperature is and you know, the temperature gets you into the HIPAA related issues, but we've had guidance that says that's not HIPAA, but also temperature is a trailing indicator too. So I mean, it's, it's one of those things that's tough. Um, we don't have a good answer on, Hey, this is the best set of questions. I don't think anybody does really. No, but I'm just wondering like, okay, so they go through all your things, everyone's got their, they've got the sticker. Um, you know, they can check that, I guess, what box can they check? Is this basically like for HR to go back to management and say, Hey, everyone, that's come through. The facilities been is good to go clear to go. Sorry. Um, uh, you know what I mean? I guess what, uh, what, what's the end game I was going to say to me? I mean, to me it sounds like it's, it's a compliance and protect yourself from liability thing. Um, where, I mean,...