See on Scoop.it – Medical GIS Guide

 

“Using GIS as a tool to determine where clinics can be placed to maximize access to care is particularly relevant for primary care services associated with ongoing changes to our health-care system, especially in light of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. Therefore, GIS may serve as a tool to aid decision -makers in strategizing clinic placement and managing the forthcoming demand on health-care resources.”

 Devon Taylor, Valerie Yeager, Claude Ouimet,  and Nir Menachemi.

 

From article at http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3314082/reload=0;jsessionid=Z4XdvuJoks8vnPUBUzlL.38)

Brian Altonen‘s insight:

GIS.  New technologies, new resources, new methods. 

 

How are Obamacare and GIS related to each other regarding the history of managed care?

See on europepmc.org