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, the wife of another country...
HealthLandscape has joined the Esri Partner Network as a Silver Tier Partner. As Silver Partners, HealthLandscape joins a global community of geographic information system (GIS) specialists offering expertise, solutions, and services in ArcGIS and related products. As a Silver Tier Partner, HealthLandscape receives exclusive communication and collaboration services, in addition to Esri software use and...
In March of this year I joined HealthLandscape as the new User Engagement Specialist. I help the users (you) with use of the HealthLandscape mapping sites, including the UDS Mapper. Aside from providing technical assistance, I am a main trainer for these resources and create support materials like user guides and tutorials. I am responsible...
As part of one of only 15 three-person teams selected, I’m excited to be named an Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Fellow, a new program led by the University of Minnesota with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. I’ll be joined by researchers and community leaders from across the country to collaborate and innovate to solve...
This week, the American Academy of Family Physicians, our parent organization, is holding their annual meeting, the FamilyMedicine Experience or FMX, in Orlando, Fla at the Orange County Convention Center. Last year was the first year of this new type of meeting offering a more interactive and customizable experience, because “as health care becomes about...
In an era of increasing access to big data and healthcare transformation, there is a need for research and tools that help illuminate these data and provide insights into the significant changes that are occurring in the healthcare realm. Further, it is now clear that place matters to health, and that there is significant geographic...
We’re starting off 2016 by welcoming Dave Grolling to the HealthLandscape team. Dave will be taking on the role of GIS Strategist, working with our geospatial data and services. Dave is a graduate of the Master of Professional Studies in GIS program, at the University of Maryland. He completed his undergraduate degree in Anthropology at...
Say “Hello!” to our new User Engagement Specialist! If you have requested help using the UDS Mapper or attended any of our monthly webinars you have already had the pleasure of meeting Claire Meehan. Claire Meehan received her B.S in Health, Fitness and Recreation Resources with a Concentration in Health Promotion at George Mason University....
How do we move from data to action? I’m excited to be joined by a series of speakers this Thursday (October 29th) at Data! Fostering Health Innovation in Kentucky and Ohio in Erlanger, KY, where we will be exploring this question and presenting recent innovations in improving population health. As part of a panel focusing...
If you have been following HealthLandscape, you are well aware that there are many exciting applications and tools that HealthLandscape has to offer. If you are feeling overwhelmed or are just hungry for more information, come join us for our webinars! Learn more about our online mapping tools, available functions and data, and their potential...
