GIS in hospital and healthcare emergency management / edited by Ric Skinner

Additional Titles:: Geographic information systems in hospital and healthcare emergency management
Published:: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2010]
Copyright Date:: ©2010
Physical Description:: xxx, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Additional Creators:: Skinner, Ric

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Contents:

Introduction : the evolving role of geographic information systems in hospital and healthcare emergency management / Ric Skinner -- A spatial approach to hazard vulnerability analysis by healthcare facilities / Ric Skinner -- Using GIS to improve workplace and worker safety crisis management / Jeffrey M. Miller -- Infectious disease surveillance and GIS : applications for emergency management / Michael Olesen -- Role of GIS in interagency healthcare logistical support during emergencies / Jerry D. VanVactor -- Design concept for a location-based hazard vulnerability assessment tool for healthcare facilities / Ric Skinner -- Trauma center siting, optimization modeling, and GIS / Charles C. Branas ... [et al.] -- Healthcare facility disaster planning : using GIS to identify alternate care sites / Johnathon A. Mohr, Gwenn M. Allen, and James L. Querry -- Multiscale enterprise GIS for healthcare preparedness in South Carolina / Jared Shoultz ... [et al.] -- and Hospital preparedness planning for evacuation and sheltering with GIS in South Carolina / Jared Shoultz ... [et al.] -- Making sense out of chaos : improving prehospital and disaster response / Elizabeth Lea Walters, Stephen W. Corbett, and Jeff Grange -- Disaster preparedness for influenza at a community hospital network : a case study using GIS / Edward Rafalski ... [et al.] -- Disaster preparedness and response for vulnerable populations : essential role of GIS for emergency medical services during the San Diego County 2007 firestorm / Isabel Corcos... [et al.] -- Natural disasters and the role of GIS in assessing need / Omar Ha-Redeye -- GIS application and a regionalized approach for mass casualty incident planning / Deborah H. Kim ... [et al.] -- Building a GIS common operating picture for integrated emergency medical services and hospital emergency management response / Frank Zanka.

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ISBN:

9781439821299 (alk. paper)
1439821291 (alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of Acquisition:

Harrisburg copy: Purchased with funds from the Highmark Blue Shield Education Fund; 2010.

Endowment Note:

Highmark Blue Shield Education Fund

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