EXTENDING GIS INTO EMRFinal Presentation

Project Team

Rahkiya Hawkins (Team Leader) Cristian Andrade Perry Estes Steve Friedlander Kevin Gravesande (Customer)

Customer & Communication Methods Kevin Gravesande (DPS 2009), IS Director,

STAR ProgramSUNY Downstate Medical Center450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 1240, Brooklyn, New York 11203, kgravesande@verizon.net Meetings are conducted with our customer at least

once a week depending on his availability either through conference calls or web conferencing.

Also our project website has a progress update link which provides all the customer meeting dates and project progress.

What is a Geographic Information System?

A GIS is a digital database that employs a spatial coordinate system as the primary reference. Spatial data is stored in map form corresponding

to a defined location on the Earth’s surface. Spatial data contains three components: Points,

Lines, and Polygons. GIS must also handle attribute data such as

elevation numbers, land use designations, and boundary information.

Project Background

This project concerns the extension of an existing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to improve health services. Extending GIS into EMR will provide real-

time healthcare service to clients and allow health care professionals to explore, identify, and implement preventive measures to inhibit the spread of diseases, thus producing a powerful tool.

What Information Can an GIS/EMR Application Provide?

GIS can provide information that a medical facility may not be readily privy to such as: Environmental risk factors Socioeconomic status Access to local amenities and

community services/facilities

Project Description

This semester, Team 5 continued to develop an application that captures residence location data from an end-user and geocodes the location of the individual based on his/her residence address using Google Maps.

Project Description (Continued) This application will permit end-users to

visualize their location and view information from various data sources as it relates to: Air quality data Metropolitan Transportation Authority data Selected Facilities and Program Sites data Property Address Directory (PAD) Sites for

New York City

Project Specifications

A summary of our project specifications is located on our project website located at:

http://utopia.csis.pace.edu/cs691/2008-2009/team5/

 

Analyses

Data source information is loaded into existing SQL 2008 repository on the Team 5 database.

SQL based queries and stored procedures are called in C# to extract data based on customer requirements.

Components Built

Team members Cris and Perry have built development and testing environments at their locations. They have also loaded the EMR application and built a SQL 2008 relational repository. What was created:

Implemented New York City MTA data as a data source in the application project.

Implemented New York City Selected Facilities and Program Sites data as a data source in the application project.

Developed and implemented SQL Server stored procedures and C# code for geocoding patient addresses.  

Conclusion of Part I

This concludes the first part of the presentation. Now we will move to the second part of the presentation which includes more detail concerning the design components of the EMR/GIS application.