Environmental Health Management Using GIS

Our world is a complex ecosystem of humans and their environments, with risks from deadly chemicals; contaminated air, water, and soil; and diseases. A geographic approach to environmental health management improves operational efficiencies, regulatory compliance and tracking, hazard forecasting, and environmental justice efforts to keep communities safe.

Automate monitoring
Drive operational efficiency
Exceed regulatory requirements
Promote justice

Automate monitoring to inform decisions

GIS empowers organizations with a real-time automated monitoring system for managing data and supporting critical decisions. This location-based technology integrates live data feeds and varied data sources, enables mobile data collection, and provides spatial analytics for effective environmental health management.

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Improve efficiency and streamline workflows

GIS provides a centralized information hub for sharing environmental health management information that supports investigations, inspections, and mobilizing an informed workforce. Environmental health organizations can use GIS to integrate data systems, prioritize workflows, and improve performance and transparency.

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Move beyond basic compliance

GIS supports alignment between regulations and an agency’s organizational strategies to promote swift responses and resource allocation where it’s most needed. With customizable technology, organizations can quickly adapt to new environmental health regulations, ensuring minimal disruptions amid change.

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Advance environmental health justice

GIS allows organizations to identify communities at risk of health disparities to mitigate adverse health outcomes. GIS incorporates social determinants of health data, tools that expose unequal resource allocation, and insights into communities facing environmental threats. Mapping and spatial analysis reveal disproportionate negative environmental impacts and aid in developing solutions for sustainable change.

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Case study

Kansas enhances environmental health with GIS

The Kansas Environmental Public Health Tracking program simplified data management to save time and improve communication with the public.

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Case study

GIS transforms Department of Public Health

San Bernardino County's Department of Public Health successfully streamlines its environmental health services programs with GIS.

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Products for environmental health management

ArcGIS Field Maps

Help mobile staff collect and edit data, find assets and information, and streamline workflows with this all-in-one app and data-driven maps.

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ArcGIS Velocity

Use this SaaS product with real-time spatial data for tasks such as remote monitoring of assets, predictive maintenance, and process optimization.

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ArcGIS Hub

Foster communication, collaboration, and data sharing with this community engagement platform.

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ArcGIS Business Analyst

Combine demographic, lifestyle, and census data with analytics to enhance decisions for market planning, site selection, and segmentation.

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Environmental Health Management

Automate monitoring to inform decisions

Improve efficiency and streamline workflows

Move beyond basic compliance

Advance environmental health justice

Kansas enhances environmental health with GIS

GIS transforms Department of Public Health

Products for environmental health management

ArcGIS Field Maps

ArcGIS Velocity

ArcGIS Hub

ArcGIS Business Analyst

Health and human services focus areas

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Public Health Preparedness

Health Equity

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