In Canada, the Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre is on the leading edge in applying GIS to health systems by looking into combining public health with RFID tracking. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tracking systems have been found to be useful to track the location and movement of items as small as medicine vials throughout the new hospital as well as also be used to track expensive defibrillator equipment, wheelchairs and other items that medical personnel often find themselves spending valuable time looking for. This technology will revolutionize how the hospital operates and hopefully the use of the technology will spread to other hospitals.
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Melissa Lawrence, Rutgers Student Intern, VERTICES, LLC
GIS Use in Public Health & Healthcare 