It truly has been a Wonderful Year. We brought in great new staff, completed some exciting, innovative projects, and had the opportunity to share our research in print and presentations around the country. If you want to learn more about HealthLandscape, contact us or register for one of our many...
Tomorrow is GIS Day 2022, and I want to tell you a quick story and offer up a fun challenge. Yesterday morning I had a chance to meet up with a dear friend from college, Pam, who I see every few years either in Cincinnati or Washington, DC. Whenever we...
It is clear that place is a strong determinant of health.1 However, it is not clear how to measure the impact of place on health nor the specific community characteristics that contribute to poor health outcomes. Recent advances in geographic information systems (GIS), including the creation of service area...
The 2022 American Public Health Association National Public Health Week is April 4-10. This year’s theme, “Public health is where you are,” is apt for the team here at HealthLandscape. Most of us never considered public health when we went to college or made career plans. Some of us...
The origins of National Doctors Day, the day we honor and celebrate our physicians, might surprise you! National Doctors Day, celebrated on March 30 each year, marks the date “country doctor” Crawford Long, a physician and pharmacist from rural Georgia, first successfully anesthetized a patient with ether in 1842. However,...
