# Web-based Platform for Improved Healthcare Resiliency to Extreme Weather Events

> **NIH ALLCDC R43** · CREARE, LLC · 2022 · $258,622

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
 The frequency and intensity of future flooding disasters are projected to grow due to combined effects of
increases in severe precipitation, storm surge, and sea level rise. Flooding compromises the ability of healthcare
facilities to provide care, while also impeding access for patients seeking emergency and necessary routine care.
To address these needs, Creare proposes to develop a web-based platform that integrates a national database
of available healthcare facilities, scientifically robust information on local flood risk and its potential impacts, and
real-time information on flooding events. It delivers these capabilities to users via customized web and
smartphone applications for improving healthcare resiliency to floods. During Phase I, we will show technical
feasibility by identifying relevant use case scenarios through interaction with key stakeholders, designing the
core software architecture and user interfaces, and implementing a prototype version of the software for
hands-on demonstration and evaluation. By providing integrated data to support the full disaster management
lifecycle, Creare’s platform will improve healthcare facility preparedness for flooding prior to and during a
disaster, as well as provide real-time information on available and accessible healthcare services for patients
during flooding events.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10489864
- **Project number:** 1R43EH001371-01
- **Recipient organization:** CREARE, LLC
- **Principal Investigator:** JERRY BIESZCZAD
- **Activity code:** R43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $258,622
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2022-09-01 → 2023-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10489864

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10489864, Web-based Platform for Improved Healthcare Resiliency to Extreme Weather Events (1R43EH001371-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10489864. Licensed CC0.

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