About GuideSafe™
GuideSafe™ is a platform that empowers everyone to join the fight against COVID-19. GuideSafe™ promotes safer entry methods through testing, tools, and actions. By using testing and self-reporting the GuideSafe™ app provides ongoing COVID-19 monitoring, so you can make informed decisions and help stop the spread. The platform has three tools to help mitigate the risk of exposure and spread of COVID-19: Healthcheck, Exposure Notification Application, and Event Passport. Broader implementation of these tools will help provide even greater safety for us all while letting us live our lives fully once again.
The GuideSafe™ platform and set of tools were developed by a team of expert health, anthropology, and information technology leaders at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), part of the University of Alabama System. GuideSafe™ is led by Sue Feldman, RN, MEd, PhD, and Mohanraj Thirumalai, MSEE, PhD, both in Health Informatics at UAB, with support from executive leadership at UAB.
The GuideSafe™ Exposure Notification is a partnership of Apple, Google, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The unique collaboration harnesses the power of technology and UAB’s expertise to automate COVID-19 exposure notification, without sacrificing privacy. MotionMobs, a local Birmingham company, founded by UAB alumni developed the GuideSafe™ Exposure Notification.
Looking to implement the GuideSafe Platform? Connect with our preferred implementation partner, Guideway Care.
Guideway Care works with companies, hospitals, specialty practices and health plans to support patients from initial interest (lead generation and conversion) through their entire care journey (planning, pre-procedure and post-discharge). Guideway’s people and processes help achieve better outcomes, improve patient satisfaction and reduce the costs of providing outstanding care.
Project Leads
Sue Feldman RN, MEd, PhD
Project Director, GuideSafe™
Professor, School of Health Professions
Department of Health Services Administration
Director, Graduate Programs in Health Informatics
Professor, School of Medicine
Senior Scientist, Informatics Institute
Mohanraj Thirumalai, MS, MEng, PhD
Project Co-Director, GuideSafe™
Assistant Professor, School of Health Professions
Department of Health Services Administration
Co-Director, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
Director of Information and Communication Technology, UAB/Lakeshore Research Collaborative
GuideSafe™ Advisory Committee
Ray L. Watts, MD
President
Selwyn M. Vickers, MD
Senior Vice President and Dean, School of Medicine
Pam Benoit, PhD
Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs and Provost
Tom Brannan
Vice President, Advancement
Christopher S. Brown, PhD
Vice President, Research
Andrew J. Butler, MPT, MBA, PhD
Dean, School of Health Professions
Curtis A. Carver Jr., PhD
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Paul C. Erwin, MD, DrPH
Dean, School of Public Health
Mona Fouad, MD, MPH
Senior Associate Dean, Diversity and Inclusion
Robert P. Kimberly, MD
Senior Associate Dean, Clinical and Translational Research
Jeanne Marrazzo MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Rosie O’Beirne
Chief Digital Strategy and Marketing Officer, Digital Strategy & Marketing
Sarah H. Parcak, PhD
Professor, Department of Anthropology
David Schwebel, PhD
Associate Dean for Research, Department of Psychology
Michael Sloane, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
