Alida employees build digital COVID-19 vaccine eligibility, search tool for Toronto residents
This week, a group that works for Toronto software company Alida launched Vaccine Finder Toronto, a free online community tool that aims to help Torontonians navigate evolving COVID-19 vaccine protocols and get vaccinated faster.
The team behind the tool includes Daniel Charles, VP of technology, Ian McIlwain, web strategy manager, Madeleine Bailey, user experience designer, and Mostafa Drz, engineering manager, Alida employees based out of the company’s Toronto headquarters.
The group behind the tool said the existing vaccination system has been difficult to navigate.
Given “frequent changes” to eligibility criteria and “a surplus of vaccine information online,” the group behind the tool said the existing vaccination system has been difficult to navigate, and has “caused increased confusion and anxiety within the community.”
Four Toronto-based employees of software company Alida have launched Vaccine Finder Toronto, an online community tool to help Torontonians navigate evolving vaccine protocols and get vaccinated faster against COVID-19.
The tool was developed by Daniel Charles, vice-president of technology, Ian McIlwain, web strategy manager, Madeleine Bailey, user experience designer, and Mostafa Drz, engineering manager for Alida.
It includes an eligibility quiz and uses that criteria to filter a personalized list of locations for the eligible individual.
Eligible residents are then asked to enter their residential postal code, birth year and select their eligibility criteria (occupational, community factors, health conditions) to get a list of centres or clinics (listed based on nearest proximity) where they can get vaccinated.