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Saratoga County Launches Substance Use Surveillance Dashboard

Posted on by Christopher Gabris | State & Local, ArcGIS Dashboards, Health

Saratoga County officials have been determined to find a way to address and combat the opioid epidemic in Upstate New York. On February 7, 2023, the Saratoga County Department of Health launched a tool called the Substance Use Surveillance Dashboard to help enhance the county’s opioid education, prevention, treatment, and response efforts. The near real-time resource consists of an easy-to-navigate dashboard that houses informative data for Saratoga County professionals in law enforcement, public health, and mental health, as well as community partners who focus on substance use support services.  Read More

Modeling a Decision Support System in Response to COVID-19

Posted on by Chigo Ibeh | ArcGIS Online, Environment, Health, Infrastructure, Operations Dashboard, Public Safety

We are proud to work in partnership with the Space Enabled Research Group at the MIT Media Lab and East Carolina University in developing a decision support tool that can inform public policy in response to challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The Vida Decision Support System is a customized online tool designed for use by…  Read More

Automating Workflows for COVID-19 Response

Posted on by Piper Conrad | ArcGIS Notebooks, ArcGIS Online, Health, Operations Dashboard, State & Local

The Blue Raster team worked with the Department of Health to automate their daily data publishing process through ArcGIS Notebooks. Notebooks are an efficient, modern environment that combine code, on-the-fly visualizations and maps, as well as data tools. In the notebook editor, you can write, document, and run Python code in one place. .  Read More

Public Health & GIS: HealthLandscape Addresses Today’s Public Health Challenges

Posted on by Angela Wertman | Health, ArcGIS Enterprise, JavaScript API

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) aims to strengthen family physicians and the communities they care for through prevention and public health initiatives. As part of this effort, their research arm, HealthLandscape, develops geospatial data visualization to help the community find insights to improve health care.  Read More

Esri Nonprofit Specialty: Enabling Nonprofits to Use GIS for Greater Impact

Posted on by Piper Conrad | Nonprofit/NGO, Community, Conservation, Disaster Response, Economic Development, Esri, GIS, Health, Human Rights, Public Gardens, Sustainable Development Goals

Blue Raster is a proud member of the Esri Nonprofit Specialty. Partners in the Nonprofit Specialty are recognized for their alignment with and their knowledge and expertise of Esri’s Nonprofit Organization Program.  Read More

Health GIS: From Data Entry to Dashboard in Real Time

Posted on by Piper Conrad | Health

Blue Raster Program Manager Phil Satlof presented at the HIMSS 2021 Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Phil’s presentation, “From Data Entry to Dashboard Display- How to create real-time business intelligence using the ArcGIS Platform” took place in the Esri Demo Theater.  Read More

Enhanced Visualization of DHIS2 Data

Posted on by Shannon Lindsay | Power BI, ArcGIS Online, Health

DHIS2 is used in over 60 countries by Ministries of Health to monitor both aggregate and patient-level data. Blue Raster has had the opportunity to create enhanced visualizations of data collected and stored in DHIS2 using Power BI and ArcGIS Online..  Read More

Esri FedGIS 2020

Posted on by Andrew Patterson | Federal, ArcGIS Online, Education, Esri, Health, Story Map

The Blue Raster team recently attended the 2020 Esri Federal GIS (FedGIS) Conference in Washington, DC. The conference brought together GIS professionals from across government agencies to share their knowledge and explore new ways of leveraging GIS in their work.  Read More

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