Creating database for HealthGIS application

Nowadays web-based GIS is being increasingly utilized by health organizations and social health services to share and visualize geo-referenced health data through the Web. In the development of a public information and disease surveillance network, issues of providing information to people who really need it are important concerns. People should have instant access to the information of the health facilities by using internet connection from mobile and desktop devices. This will help them in saving time and will be economical to approach the facilities. Geographical Information system (GIS) and webGIS provides the tools for achieving all these things. This project work involves creating HealthGIS application database for CHSS (Contributory Health Service Scheme) of IIRS by using open source tools. This application will provide IIRS employees information related to the AMO/specialists, doctors, etc. hospitals/pathology labs under the CHSS panel and searching capabilities based on user location. The major objectives of this project are: Data collection: Collecting missing location data of specialist doctors, hospitals, pathology labs, etc. Organizing data about existing (from past project) CHSS beneficiaries, AMOs, hospitals, pathology labs, etc. in spatial database.