During the week of Super Bowl XXXVII, a consortium of local government agencies, healthcare providers and technology providers in Southern California established and executed a community safety and security plan for emergency medical response and disaster relief titled the Shadow Bowl. This exercise allowed consortium members to demonstrate rapid response, on-demand services and expertise in the aftermath of simulated mass casualty events. Member organizations focused on testing and optimizing advanced applications in the areas of environmental monitoring, mitigation and telemedicine.

Wave Three Software participated in the Shadow Bowl exercise as a full partner and demonstrated the capabilities of its Session™ Communication Software. Session provided rich, multimedia communication and collaboration for Shadow Bowl's telemedicine exercises. Patient consultation and treatment was performed remotely as catastrophic events typically over-burden local medical resources. To access alternative care, local emergency service providers used Session's Voice over IP and Video over IP functionality to communicate with remote doctors on call in Colorado, Texas and Alabama. Session allowed the remote specialists to efficiently perform remote triage on a large group of patients. After the doctors sorted the simulated victims by medical priority, they used Session for patient consultation and diagnosis. ShareApp™, Session's integrated application sharing tool, also facilitated efficient, real-time collaboration on patient data.

The Shadow Bowl exercises were instrumental in preparing local government and healthcare providers to plan for and react to mass casualty events. During Shadow Bowl's telemedicine simulations, Session software proved to be a robust, immersive communication solution, providing high quality patient/doctor interaction and enhanced process flow under extreme network and human conditions.