Introduction To: Public Health Information
Management System (PHIMS)
Knowledge Management Division Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington
Public Health
PHIMS
PHIMS uses GIS technology to enhance real-time situational awareness and assist with evidence informed decision-making to help protect the health of the population.
Vision
• Assess the strengths and unique value offering of PHIMS to afford better situational awareness for Pan/Parapan Am 2015.
• Use Pan/Parapan Am as a pilot to demonstrate the value to public health of having access to real-time and predictive information for decision-making.
Power of GIS
• View spatially relevant data over multiple locations.
• Ability to layer data for visual comparison.
• Navigate information in an intuitive and open way.
What does PHIMS provide?
• Environmental / Weather data. Current and Forecasted.
• Demographic data.
• Emergency and health infrastructure data.
• Transportation infrastructure.
• Tools to help you interact with and understand all of the data provided.
Technical Requirements
• Use one of the following three browsers to run PHIMS. • Chrome and Firefox will update automatically, however, you may need to update to
the most resent version of internet explorer.
• If you don’t see all of the layers you are expecting, your organizations firewall may be blocking them.
Overview
Overview
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