Category Archives: Web Mapping Application

VANGHR’s HPTA Analysis Tool highlights areas of need

By Beth Manghi | Published October 26, 2012

VANGHR’s High Priority Target Area (HPTA) Analysis Tool is an effective modality for  identifying areas for interventions and policy change. The HPTA Analysis Tool helps visualize the interaction between two indicators and highlights areas of highest priority. See the HPTA Analysis Tool in action in the Virginia Health Chart Book or to learn more, visit […]

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Virginia Health Chart Book Instructional Video

By Beth Manghi | Published October 4, 2012

This is the instructional video for the Virginia Health Chart Book. The Virginia Health Chart Book can be found at www.vahealthchartbook.org and more information about the Virginia Health Chart book can be found here.

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Release of Virginia Health Chart Book

By Beth Manghi | Published February 21, 2012

The Virginia Network for Geospatial Health Research (VANGHR) announced the release of the Virginia Health Chart Book (www.vahealthchartbook.org). This online tool was funded through a generous grant from the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority. The Chart Book offers an interactive, geospatially-dynamic web-based application assisting stakeholders in identifying the healthcare, economic and social conditions underlying local […]

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Release of Underserved Area application

By Beth Manghi | Published December 8, 2011

At the Virginia Rural Health Conference in Staunton, the Virginia Network for Geospatial Health Research (VANGHR) announced the release of the Virginia Underserved Area Application (UAA, www.va-underservedareas.org). The UAA provides a tool to determine if an address or location is in a Medically Underserved Area (MUA) or a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA). It also […]

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Presentation at ESRI Health

By Beth Manghi | Published September 8, 2011

The Virginia Network for Geospatial Health Research (VANGHR) delivered a presentation titled “The Virginia Rural Health Data Portal: Phase II” at the ESRI Health Conference in Washington, DC. ESRI Health is the largest meeting of GIS health application users in the world. The data portal presentation was conducted in cooperation with the Virginia Rural Health […]

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VANGHR delivers two presentations at the ESRI Health Conference in Denver

By Beth Manghi | Published October 20, 2010

The Virginia Network for Geospatial Health Research (VANGHR) delivered two presentations at the ESRI Health Conference in Denver, Colorado. ESRI Health is the largest meeting of GIS health application users in the world. Steve Sedlock, founder and executive director of VANGHR, presented on “The Virginia Rural Health Data Portal”; and “Geospatial Analysis of Stroke Hospitalizations […]

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