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 r eal- 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.
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