Learning from COVID-19 : GIS for pandemics / edited by Este Geraghty, MD, Matt Artz.

"Now that the health community is in a state of reflection, how do we put the lessons learned into practice? As we step back to examine the worldwide response to the COVID-19 pandemic, now is the time to think about how to raise the bar for our response to the next public health emergency. Now...

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Other Authors: Geraghty, Este (Editor), Artz, Matt (Editor)
Other title:GIS for pandemics
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Redlands, California : Esri Press, [2022]
Series:Applying GIS.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • How to use this book
  • Part I: Situational awareness. Global dashboard keeps tabs on the virus / Johns Hopkins University ; Supporting state dashboards to better monitor cases and capacity / US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; A new tool for contact tracing / Esri ; GIS-based contact tracing initiative sets US precedent / Cities of Allentown, Bethlehem, York, and Wilkes--Barre, Pennsylvania
  • Part 2: Equitable resource allocation. Analyzing racial inequalities during COVID-19 / Esri ; Spatial approaches to determining accessibility / Esri ; GIS helps achieve equitable, speedy vaccine distribution / Esri ; Applying location intelligence to vaccine distribution / City of Bethlehem Health Bureau, Pennsylvania; Kansas Department of Health and Environment; and Lewis and Clark Public Health, Montana ; Dashboards mark progress of rapid vaccinations / Chilean National System for the Coordination of Territorial Information ; Using GIS to reach homebound residents for COVID-19 vaccination / Oregon Public Health Department
  • Part 3: Capacity and infrastructure. ; Models and maps explore COVID-19 surges and capacity / Penn Medicine's Predictive Healthcare Team ; Using maps and models to create surge hospital capacity / US Army Corps of Engineers ; Solving medical supply chain problems / Direct Relief
  • Part 4: Communication and infrastructure. Communication hub sites share COVID-10 news, resources / Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; Maryland Department of Information Technology; University of South Florida; and Delaware County, Indiana ; Equitable community engagement during COVID-19 / Esri ; GIS hub keeps residents informed and safe / Cobb County, Georgia ; Location intelligence helps boost census response rates / US Census Bueau
  • Part 5: Recovery and resilience. Five spatial approaches to safely reopening / Esri ; Evaluating readiness for relaxing stay-at-home measures / Esri ; Assessing economic fallout with shared maps / Montgomery, Bucks, Chester, and Delaware Counties, and the city and county of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Balancing response and recovery / Esri ; How to reopen the workplace during COVID-19 / Esir
  • COVID-19 : our lessons learned
  • Next steps
  • Conclusion.