APPLICATION OF GIS IN HEALTHCARE SECTOR IN TAMIL NADU

Abstract

The purpose of our project is to apply the tool of Geographic Information System (GIS) in study area of facilities and process planning for the betterment in the healthcare sector of Tamil Nadu. The project aims to carry out work to find the optimized suitable location for government healthcare facilities in the state by cumulating the information obtained from GIS and correlating it with the data obtained from various sectors of Tamil Nadu and then implementing statistical tools of standard deviation and variance. Hence this project will be an initial and a critical step to select an optimized and an organized location from the results obtained thereby developing the heath care sector in Tamil Nadu.