Zika threat from tiny mosquitoes

Zika virus who have been identified as living in the small Miami neighborhood where federal health officials have warned that pregnant women, their partners , people thinking about having a baby should take particular steps if they live or travel through that area to avoid getting Zika from mosquitoes that transmitting the virus there.

Those residents of the Wynwood neighborhood screened for Zika is being spearheaded by Athenahealth, a large provider of network-enabled services and mobile applications for health-care providers.

Athenahealth tapped its massive database of patient health records identify people at risk in that one-square-mile area.

Another 254 people identified by Athenahealth are patients who served by offices of Florida Woman Care, a network of gyn practices.

Florida Woman Care also has partnered with Athenahealth to do outreach to those patients about Zika screening. When the duo realized that most of the identified people were patients of Borinquen, they reached out to the facility and spoke with Shmuels.