Description
Never before has there been such a focus on equity as it relates to health—especially to ensure that health and human services organizations address the social determinants of health and gaps in social and racial equities. These inequities involve poverty, age, living conditions, and education, and it's important to understand the connection between where things are happening and where service gaps exist. This is where geographic information system (GIS) technology comes in. A location-based strategy can help you create an effective approach to collecting data; performing analysis; allocating resources where they're needed most; communicating with decision-makers; and, ultimately, achieving health equity. Join this webinar to learn from Esri’s Chief Medical Officer on how you can apply location-based solutions to immediately start advancing health equity in your communities.
The webinar is part of a webinar series, The Power of Connecting Health & Location, sponsored by APHA and Esri.
Contributors
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Este Geraghty, MD, MS, MPH, CPH, GISP
Dr. Este Geraghty is the Chief Medical Officer at Esri where she leads strategy and messaging for the Health and Human Services sector. Dr. Geraghty has been with Esri since 2014 and during her tenure she has helped organizations around the world use location intelligence to combat Zika virus, finish the fight against polio, grapple with the opioid crisis, combat homelessness, enhance health preparedness and response, inform strategic planning, optimize healthcare access, and traverse the COVID-19 pandemic while tackling inequity.
Formerly the Deputy Director of the Center for Health Statistics and Informatics with the California Department of Public Health, Dr. Geraghty led the state vital records and public health informatics programs. There she engaged in statewide initiatives in meaningful use, health information exchange, open data and interoperability. While serving as an Associate Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine at the University of California at Davis she conducted research on geographic approaches to influencing health policy and advancing community development programs. In addition to her degrees in Medicine, Medical Informatics and Public Health, Dr. Geraghty is also a board-certified public health professional (CPH) and a Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP). She has been the recipient of two Larry L. Sautter Golden Awards in innovation and in 2021, Dr. Geraghty was named by HIMSS as one of the most influential women in Health IT.