Fradelos Evangelos C, Papathanasiou Ioanna V, Mitsi Dimitra, Tsaras Konstantinos, Kleisiaris Christos F, Kourkouta Lambrini
State Mental Hospital of Attica "Daphne", Greece.
Nursing Department, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly, Greece.
Acta Inform Med. 2014 Dec;22(6):402-5. doi: 10.5455/aim.2014.22.402-405. Epub 2014 Dec 19.
Medical researches as well as the study of the Earth's surface, better still, geography are interlinked with each other; their relationship dates from antiquity. The science of Geographic Information Systems and, by extension, Geomatics engineering belongs to a discipline which is constantly developing at a global level. This sector has many applications regarding medical / epidemiological research and generally, the social sciences. Furthermore, this discipline may act as a decision making tool in the healthcare sector and it might contribute to the formulation of policies into the healthcare sector. The use of GIS so as to solve public health issues has an exponential increase and has been vital to the understanding and treatment of health problems in different geographic areas. In recent years, the use of various information technology services and software has lead health professionals to work more effectively.
医学研究以及地球表面研究,更确切地说是地理学,它们相互关联;这种关系可追溯到古代。地理信息系统科学以及由此延伸的地理空间信息工程属于一门在全球范围内不断发展的学科。该领域在医学/流行病学研究以及一般社会科学方面有许多应用。此外,这门学科可作为医疗保健领域的决策工具,并可能有助于制定医疗保健领域的政策。利用地理信息系统来解决公共卫生问题呈指数级增长,对于理解和治疗不同地理区域的健康问题至关重要。近年来,各种信息技术服务和软件的使用使医疗专业人员的工作更有效率。