Release of Virginia Health Chart Book

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

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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VANGHR delivers two presentations at the ESRI Health Conference in Denver

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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