Geographic information systems within the national health service: the scope for implementation |
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| Authors: | Jacqueline Nicol |
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| Institution: | ESRC's North‐East Regional Research Laboratory , University of Newcastle upon Tyne , |
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| Abstract: | The paper starts by assessing some of the needs for information management within the health service in Great Britain. Geographic Information Systems are introduced, and some of the functions such as database management, networking and overlying are described. Principally, it is argued that GIS can fill the role as a health information system, resource management system, and has the potential to assist in family practitioner monitoring and epidemiological studies. |
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| Keywords: | Geographic information systems National Health Service Spatial data management Decision making |
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