• Illustrates how to apply GIS data to assessing need, surge capacity and improving logistics in an emergency or disaster scenario
• Applies GIS modeling to real-world scenarios to present real-world solutions
• Includes contributions from leading experts in the application of GIS technologies for emergency management in medical services
• Features a CD with color images, useful forms, exercises, and additional resources

Illustrating a wide range of practical applications, GIS in Hospital and Healthcare Emergency Management explains how hospitals and healthcare facilities can improve their emergency management and disaster preparedness through the use of GIS. The text aims to raise the level of understanding of the role of GIS in emergency management planning among hospital healthcare emergency managers, risk managers, decision-makers, and regulating and accrediting organizations. The author covers spatial aspects of planning, preparedness, response, and recovery. A CD-ROM with color images, useful forms, exercises, and additional resources is also included.

FOUNDATIONS FOR GIS IN HOSPITAL/HEALTHCARE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Hospital Preparedness Integrated at the State Level

Introducing GIS to Hospital Emergency Management Decision-makers

Interagency Logistical Support During Emergencies

Minimum Essential Datasets for Hospital/Healthcare Preparedness

Enhanced Hospital Situational Understanding by Integrating GIS and Simulation Modeling

Using Accidental Trauma Mortality Data for Improving EMS System Performance, Policy Decisions, and Levels of Care

SPATIAL ASPECTS OF PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS IN HOSPITAL/HEALTHCARE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

An Integrated GIS-based At-Risk Populations Location Identification and Communications System

GIS in Preparedness Preplanning using Hospital Operational Conditions Modeling

Integrating GIS into county based emergency management, HVA, and Disaster Planning on Florida's East Coast

Hospital Preparedness Planning for Evacuation and Sheltering with GIS

Location-based Hazard Vulnerability Assessment by Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities

New York City Hospital Mapping Project

Trauma Center Siting, Optimization Modeling and GIS

Using GIS to Improve Workplace and Worker Safety Crisis Management

Healthcare Preparedness Interoperability

The Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program: Application of GIS technology and the Development of Healthcare and Community Based Planning

GIS Application and a Regionalized Approach for Mass Casualty Incident Planning

Ambulance Placement in an Urban Environment: A Hypothetical Approach

The Air Ambulance Location Problem: A Geospatial Examination of Site and Strategy

SPATIAL ASPECTS OF RESPONSE AND RECOVERY IN HOSPITAL/HEALTHCARE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Disaster Preparedness and Response for Vulnerable Populations: Essential Role of GIS for Emergency Medical Services during the San Diego County 2007 Firestorm

GIS at Emergency Medical Center Zagreb

Improving Ambulance Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) at Hospital Emergency Department

Integrating GIS into Emergency Medical Services

Natural Disasters and the Role of GIS in Assessing Need

The Emergency Response System: Agent 9-1-1™

Boston Marathon Patient Tracking

Improving Prehospital and Disaster Response Using a Geographic Information Interface