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Article: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS).
- Article from:
- Health Data Management
- Article date:
- August 1, 2000
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Delivering on the Promises of the Information Age
Information is all around us. In fact, we find ourselves in an unfathomable ocean of data made to appear as information. The amount of data that health organizations collect and store has gone far beyond anything they could have imagined.
Information may be power, but too much information is simply overload. A geographic information system (GIS) provides a useful computer-based tool for organizing and displaying data--and turning it into valuable information for health organizations.
Through its GIS solutions, ESRI Inc. has helped build health knowledge from every angle--how to prevent the spread ...