Using Spatial Analysis to Improve Health Care Services and Delivery at Baystate Health

Baystate Health has been recognized by the industry for its innovative and wide-ranging use of geographic information systems (GISs) to address problems in health. Spatial analysis is a key component in the effective use of GISs in health care for data exploration, hypothesis testing, and modeling....

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Published inJournal of map & geography libraries Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 330 - 348
Main Authors Garb, Jane L., Wait, Richard B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.09.2011
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Data analysis
Geographic information systems
GIS applications
Health care
health data
Massachusetts
spatial analysis
Spatial data
Spatial statistics
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Summary:Baystate Health has been recognized by the industry for its innovative and wide-ranging use of geographic information systems (GISs) to address problems in health. Spatial analysis is a key component in the effective use of GISs in health care for data exploration, hypothesis testing, and modeling. This paper describes GIS applications by the Health Geographics Program at Baystate Health. These applications include direct patient care, epidemiologic research, disease prevention and intervention, strategic planning, and marketing. We directed particular attention to the spatial analytic methods used in these applications. Finally, the challenges faced in obtaining and using health data for our analysis are discussed.
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ISSN:1542-0353
1542-0361
DOI:10.1080/15420353.2011.599768