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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823699103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton, Fla. ; ; London, : CRC Press, c2010
• ISBN: 0-429-24607-2; 1-4398-5705-9; 1-4398-2131-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SkinnerRic
• Disciplina: 362.180285
• Soggetti: Emergency management - Geographic information systems; Emergency management; Emergency medical services - Geographic information systems; Emergency medical services; Geographic information systems; Hospitals - Emergency services
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; About the Editor; Contributors; Peer Reviewers; Chapter 1. Introduction; Section I. Conceptual Approaches; Chapter 2. A Spatial Approach to Hazard Vulnerability Analysis by Healthcare Facilities; Chapter 3. Using GIS to Improve Workplace and Worker Safety Crisis Management; Chapter 4. Infectious Disease Surveillance andGIS: Applications for Emergency Management; Chapter 5. Role of GIS in Interagency Healthcare Logistical Support during Emergencies; Chapter 6. Design Concept fora Location-Based Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Tool for Healthcare FacilitiesSection II. Applications; Chapter 7. Trauma Center Siting, Optimization Modeling, and GIS; Chapter 8. Healthcare Facility Disaster Planning: Using GIS to Identify Alternate Care Sites; Chapter 9. Multiscale Enterprise GIS for Healthcare Preparedness in South Carolina; Chapter 10. Hospital Preparedness Planning for Evacuation and Sheltering with GIS in South Carolina; Chapter 11. Making Sense Out of Chaos: Improving Prehospital and ; Disaster Response; Section III. Case Stories; Chapter 12. Disaster Preparedness for Influenza at a Community Hospital Network: A Case Study Using GISChapter 13. Disaster Preparedness and Response for Vulnerable Populations: Essential Role of GIS for Emergency Medical Services during the San Diego County 2007 Firestorm; Chapter 14. Natural Disasters and the Role of GIS in Assessing Need; Chapter 15. GIS Application and a Regionalized Approach for Mass Casualty Incident Planning; Chapter 16. Building a GIS Common Operating Picture for Integrated Emergency Medical Services and Hospital Emergency Management Response; Index; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Although many books have been published on the application of GIS in emergency management and disaster response, this is the first one to bring together a comprehensive discussion of the critical role GIS plays in hospital and healthcare emergency management and disaster response. Illustrating a wide range of practical applications, GIS in Hospital and Healthcare Emergency Management explores how GIS data is being used to assess need, determine surge capacity, and improve logistics in emergency or disaster scenarios. Leading experts in the field provide authoritative