Hospitals

Hospital capacity changes continuously. Knowing real-time capacities for emergency events is essential.

The Electronic Bed Board shown at right is an example of GIS linked to a Hospital Information System (HIS). It links the hospital location of every patient directly to the clinical events relevant to that patient.

Knowing the exact status of every bed, hospitals can make informed decisions about availability in emergencies. They can also more efficiently allocate resources and speed up admissions.

Other GIS Solutions for Hospitals

Hospitals today are using GIS to accomplish a wide variety of important analytical and reporting tasks such as:

• Revenue enhancement
• Facility site location
• Bed surge capacity management
• Trauma analysis
• Home health nurse routing
• Marketing and strategic planning

GIS Integrates Data

Hospitals use GIS to integrate all types of data. The data below can integrate with data you provide, such as product lines, patients, utilization, and revenues, to help better understand the geographic landscape and address your challenges.

• Market data: births, deaths, disease, population demographics
• Infrastructure: buildings, roads, floor plans, nursing units
• Facilities: hospitals, physician offices, retail health outlets, employer locations
• Administrative boundaries: service regions, referral areas, planning areas, zip code, census tracts
• Environmental: topographic, bio-hazards, toxic sites, infectious disease, air and water quality testing sites

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