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GIS for Health Organizations
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GIS for Health Organizations gives detailed and
compelling answers to the difficult questions health care providers ask
every day: Where is the disease coming from? How will it spread? Where is
the nearest hospital? What is the fastest route for the ambulance? Where
should we allocate our funding?
From conducting clinical field work in Kenya to
constructing new hospitals in Sweden, health professionals use GIS
(geographic information systems) to visualize and analyze geographic
elements in every branch of health management. Even if you've never seen a
GIS, or used one, you see its effects all around you: GIS already helps
patients check into hospitals faster, speeds ambulances around rush-hour
traffic, and shows managers where to build new clinics so that they'll
serve the most people.
GIS for Health
Organizations presents twelve case studies in which GIS is being used
to:
- Track the spread of infectious and environmentally caused diseases
- Site new hospitals and clinics based on demand and demographic
factors
- Monitor toxic spills to protect the health of nearby residents
- Map demand for future nursing home facilities
- Market pharmaceuticals
Health management is a rapidly developing field, where
even slight shifts in policy affect the health care we receive. In this
book, you'll see how physicians, public health officials, insurance
providers, hospitals, epidemiologists, researchers, and HMO executives use
GIS to focus resources to meet the needs of those in their care.
About the author:
Laura Lang is the author of Managing Natural Resources
with GIS, Transportation GIS, and GIS for Health
Organizations.
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