Abstract

MedMap, A Situational Awareness Viewer for Coordinated Health Response
Track: Health and Human Services
Authors: Jeff Sturman, Robert Shankman

MedMap is a secure GIS based, electronic, interactive mapping application. This application incorporates information from numerous sources both internal and external to HHS, other federal and public agencies into a single visual environment for enhanced situational awareness, assessment, and management of resources for planning as well as for response to a natural, man-made or pandemic event. This system supports functions such as policy analysis, planning, course of action comparison, incident management, and training. It supports the needs of decision makers at various levels of management within HHS and other federal agencies to provide enhanced situational awareness at a level of granularity needed for all responders including, regional emergency coordinators and teams in the field. It is also able to display and provide details on medical care sites, resources and mobilization points; provide analytical tools for planning and preparedness efforts.