Related Links
- Canadian Network for Public Health Intelligence
- The New Brunswick Lung Association, Environmental-health Mapping Project
- Canadian Health Infoway
- Public Health Agency of Canada,
- West Nile Virus Surveillance Information
- FluWatch
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Public Health Practice
- Security and Privacy of Electronic Health Information: Risk Assessment Expert System
Resources & Tools
Watching Your Health with GeoInnovations
This unique Internet application will collect, store, integrate, build and disseminate detailed health care information for the Canadian public. PublicHealthWatch.com will make it possible for Canadians to monitor public health conditions over the Web, just as they might monitor weather reports. The project will create a map server with various health surveillance capabilities, ranging from producing current maps of health events and determinants, to generating statistical and demographical health reports. Users will be able to add and integrate local data on top of server data for display, query and analysis. The system will feature advanced modelling, including cluster and point-data analysis, to identify significant health events. The project will conform to the data frameworks of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) and comply with international standards. PublicHealthWatch.com will satisfy the growing demand among Canadian health care professionals and citizens for simple, complete and accurate access to public health information.
Primary Partner:
The Kingston Software Factory
Kingston,
Ontario;
Partners: Archibald Peterson Ltd.; GRIDS Ltd.; ESRI Canada Ltd.; IC Active Ltd. Supporters: Southeastern Ontario District Health Council; Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit
Funding From GeoConnections: $73,100.00 ( 24.0 %)
Estimated Inception Date: Fall, 2000
Estimated Completion Date: Fall, 2001
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: All provinces
Read the Success Story