The case studies presented in GIS for Health Organizations illustrate how GIS has become a tool that aids in the effort to provide more efficient and appropriate health management options to patients. GIS assists health professionals with tracking the spread of infectious disease, determining sites for new hospitals, mapping the demand for future health-care needs, and even marketing pharmaceuticals. GIS for Health Organizations clearly demonstrates how GIS technology allows physicians, insurance providers, hospitals, epidemiologists, researchers, and HMO executives to focus resources to meet the needs of those in their care.

Laura Lang has authored three GIS application books and hundreds of articles about GIS, GPS, CAD, and related technologies.

ISBN: 9781879102651    2000   112 pages   $19.95

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