Health GIS :: Mapping your future needs with Geographical Information Systems

We provide a GIS and mapping service to 4 Primary Care Trusts; Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Bath & North East Somerset (formerly Avon Health Authority) since 1995.

AIMTC currently provides its primary service over an area including an approximate population of 1.1m, 140 GP practices, 210 pharmacies, 170 dental practices, 120 opticians’ premises, and 4 acute hospital trusts.

We also provide our service to additional partner organisations under Service Level Agreements:

Avon, Gloucester, Wiltshire & Somerset Cardiac Network
Avon, Somerset & Wiltshire Cancer Service

The Ordnance Survey OpenData agreement means that HealthGIS is now able to process and manage digital map data for the whole of England and Wales.

You maybe more familiar with it than you realise. GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems most of us encounter GIS everyday without realising it. Here are some of the more well known GIS:

Google Maps (and other websites like Bing Maps)
In-car satellite navigation systems such as TomTom
London congestion charging scheme
Weather maps on television and the internet

The advantages and benefits the AIMTC HealthGIS service provides are:

Existing staff have many years of experience and knowledge of GIS software, data and NHS data
Detailed knowledge of primary care data and its potential added value when combined within GIS
SQL Server database development and management expertise to support the needs of the GIS system
Website publishing and development expertise
Software and application development expertise
GIS team management and development expertise
Knowledge and experience of NHS organisations requirements and working practices
Very good relationships with software, mapping data, and NHS data supplier organisations
Innovative delivery and workflow processes, including batch cartography and intranet mapping