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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 real- 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
• f 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.

Overview

Overview