Abstract

Using GIS to support health care promotion & disease prevention.
Track: Health and Human Services
Authors: Kazi Ishtiak Ahmed

The use of GIS in health care has been well documented in terms of public health and population level disease tracking and surveillance. However little is known about the application of GIS to support individualised patient care, disease prevention and health promotion. This paper will present the initial results from a study exploring the potential for this for all patients enrolled with a nurse practitioner clinic in northern Ontario, Canada.