Role of GIS in Health Management Information System and Medical Plan: A Case Study of Gangtok area, Sikkim, India

摘要

Geographical Information System (GIS) in a Health Management Information System (HMIS) can be a powerfultool to make health care delivery more effective and far more efficient. It includes database management,planning, risk service area mapping, location identification, etc. One of the causes for this sudden surge of GISuse in healthcare application is the spatial dependency of health related factors. The use of GIS helps capture,store, combine, analyze and display data using Remote Sensing, topographical surveys, urban survey and townplanning, geology, hydrology, traffic and transport engineering, land use pattern, rainfall pattern, and drainage.(Mathew, 2005). In the research work use of GIS software ILWIS for assessing the social network and healthservices available in Gangtok area, East Sikkim. Mapping of essential resources like road networks, locate thehealth facility in the study area and find out the population density using GIS techniques.