Health Geographics Program

Center for Quality and Safety Research

Health Geographics Program
Baystate Medical Center's Health Geographics Program, established in 1998, is the only full time hospital based GIS department in the U.S. HGP is internationally recognized for “pushing the GIS envelope” by applying GIS technology in creative and operations-critical ways in the areas of hospital, healthcare and “hospital-land” security. HGP staff has over 80 combined years GIS experience in health, environment, spatial statistics, spatial epidemiology, and hospital GIS projects. Interested in learning more about GIS? Visit the Web-Based GIS Training and Educational Materials page on the Baystate Health Sciences Library site.

	Special Achievements
	2004	ESRI "Vision" Award
	2002	ESRI Award for “Special Achievement in GIS”
	Further Reading Using GIS for spatial analysis of rectal lesions in the human body Estimating populations at risk for disaster preparedness and response An overview of GIS and how it's used Also, see the Academics@Baystate e-newsletter article: *The Geography of Just About Everything:* The Health Geographics Program Maps the Rectum, Disaster Footprints, Truck Routes and More