The maker of proprietary Health Operating System, HOPES, HealthTap unveiled HealthTap SOS, a new service for population managers that provides them with real-time supplemental disaster relief from top doctors via any mobile device or web connection.

On the other hand, HealthTap SOS allows adversely impacted populations to quickly access important doctor-created information personalized for incident-specific health concerns, as well as live doctor consultations.

HealthTap SOS features trusted doctor knowledge, two-way empathetic communication, engagement and support.The service includes trusted doctor knowledge with contextual information, two-way empathetic communication with consultations from real doctors across 141 specialties, engagement and support with customized health checklists and reminders.

“When I received the call from Flex’s CEO regarding their employees in Chennai, I immediately jumped in to help,” Ron Gutman, CEO of HealthTap, said in a statement. “Within minutes of [HealthTap SOS] deployment, we were able to help thousands of Flex’s Chennai residents impacted by the severe flooding and provide them valuable access to top doctors and their knowledge right from their mobile devices. Our robust and secure technology platform and our unparalleled doctors network enabled us to provide immediate relief at scale.”

By virtually deploying doctor knowledge and expertise to jumpstart the relief process, HealthTap SOS has the potential to fundamentally improve relief efforts across a range of disaster events: from natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and tornadoes to manmade disasters such as nuclear accidents, chemical spills, or even acts of terror.