Geographical information systems: An effective planning and decision making platform for community health coalitions in Australia

The development of locally-based healthcare initiatives, such as community health coalitions that focus on capacity building programs and multi-faceted responses to long-term health problems, have become an increasingly important part of the public health landscape. As a result of their complexity a...

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Main Authors: Baum, S., Kendall, E., Muenchberger, H., Gudes, Ori, Yigitcaniar, T.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Health Information Management Association of Australia 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44415
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author Baum, S.
Kendall, E.
Muenchberger, H.
Gudes, Ori
Yigitcaniar, T.
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Kendall, E.
Muenchberger, H.
Gudes, Ori
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description The development of locally-based healthcare initiatives, such as community health coalitions that focus on capacity building programs and multi-faceted responses to long-term health problems, have become an increasingly important part of the public health landscape. As a result of their complexity and the level of investment, it has become necessary to develop innovative ways to help manage these new healthcare approaches. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have been suggested as one of the innovative approaches that will allow community health coalitions to better manage and plan their activities. The focus of this paper is to provide a commentary on the use of GIS as a tool for community coalitions and discuss some of the potential benefits and issues surrounding the development of these tools.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-444152017-03-08T13:31:47Z Geographical information systems: An effective planning and decision making platform for community health coalitions in Australia Baum, S. Kendall, E. Muenchberger, H. Gudes, Ori Yigitcaniar, T. community healthcare geographical information systems community health networks community health planning clinical decision support systems The development of locally-based healthcare initiatives, such as community health coalitions that focus on capacity building programs and multi-faceted responses to long-term health problems, have become an increasingly important part of the public health landscape. As a result of their complexity and the level of investment, it has become necessary to develop innovative ways to help manage these new healthcare approaches. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have been suggested as one of the innovative approaches that will allow community health coalitions to better manage and plan their activities. The focus of this paper is to provide a commentary on the use of GIS as a tool for community coalitions and discuss some of the potential benefits and issues surrounding the development of these tools. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44415 Health Information Management Association of Australia restricted
spellingShingle community healthcare
geographical information systems
community health networks
community health planning
clinical decision support systems
Baum, S.
Kendall, E.
Muenchberger, H.
Gudes, Ori
Yigitcaniar, T.
Geographical information systems: An effective planning and decision making platform for community health coalitions in Australia
title Geographical information systems: An effective planning and decision making platform for community health coalitions in Australia
title_full Geographical information systems: An effective planning and decision making platform for community health coalitions in Australia
title_fullStr Geographical information systems: An effective planning and decision making platform for community health coalitions in Australia
title_full_unstemmed Geographical information systems: An effective planning and decision making platform for community health coalitions in Australia
title_short Geographical information systems: An effective planning and decision making platform for community health coalitions in Australia
title_sort geographical information systems: an effective planning and decision making platform for community health coalitions in australia
topic community healthcare
geographical information systems
community health networks
community health planning
clinical decision support systems
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44415