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DPH, GEMA Mobile App Wins Web Health Award
 The
Ready Georgia mobile application created by the Georgia Department of Public
Health (DPH) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency was recently
awarded Silver in the 2012 Winter/Spring Web Health Awards Mobile
Application: Location-Based Resource category.
The goal of the Web Health Awards is to recognize high-quality digital
health resources for consumers and health professionals. The awards program
is organized by the Health Information Resource Center, a clearinghouse for
professionals who work in consumer health fields.
Gold, Silver, Bronze and Merit certificates are awarded. Using a rating
scale of one to 100 points, a panel of health technology professionals judge
entries based on content, format, success in reaching the targeted health
audience and overall quality.
The Ready Georgia mobile app is a free application available for both iPhone
and Android devices and provides everything from up-to-the-minute weather
and hazard alerts based on a user's location, to customizable emergency
preparedness checklists.
Before an emergency, app users can create customizable checklists of
emergency supplies, make disaster plans for their families and check flood
risk levels and historic tornado data near their location. During an
emergency, the app will deliver severe weather alerts, show the locations of
open Red Cross shelters and provide information on what to do during
different types of disasters.
The Web Health Award is well-deserved for such a robust and important tool
to keep Georgians safe.
-Story by Kimberly Stringer, DPH Communications
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