Building the Healthcare Atlas by Michael O’Neill, GISP “Illuminating the Healthcare Landscape” California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Michael O'Neill 3/7/2012
California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Mike O'Neill Today’s Agenda Background Atlas’ core concepts Challenges Site’s evolution Technology stack User Experience (UX) Demo Lessons Learned California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Mike O'Neill 3/7/2012
California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Mike O'Neill Atlas’ Core Concepts Cover “Healthcare Landscape” Remove barriers Visualize information More than a map Give data a voice * * Mostly future work California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Mike O'Neill 3/7/2012
California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Michael O'Neill Healthcare Landscape Policy Patients Geography Construction People Loans Providers Training Workforce Community Quality Quality Utilization Procedures Purchasers $$ Supply Demand Facility Hospital Hospice Clinic Challenge #1 = complexity Atlas California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Michael O'Neill 3/7/2012
California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Michael O'Neill The User Challenge #2 = expectations “every-man” vs. insiders Discovering Content Diverse users = diverse needs Find info instantly, wants to Expects good user experience Understanding Content Referencing Content California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Michael O'Neill 3/7/2012
Evolving Info Delivery 2012 v1 2007 PDF & Pivot 2005 Delivering healthcare data in increasingly more meaningful & contemporary ways. 1995 California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Michael O'Neill 3/7/2012
California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Michael O'Neill Technology Stack Windows 2008 IIS 7 ArcGIS Server REST services ESRI Javascript API Microsoft MVC framework jQuery HTML 5, CSS3 California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Michael O'Neill 3/7/2012
California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Mike O'Neill By the numbers 1 website 57 pages (different layouts) 8 map services 43 feature classes & tables 100+ preprocessing models Over 1700+ preprocessing steps California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Mike O'Neill 3/7/2012
By the numbers – continued Nearly 15k searchable places Over 230k geographic relationships “a mob of 28,433 rubber ducks…” - National Geographic Channel California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Mike O'Neill 3/7/2012
California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Mike O'Neill DEMO “Healthcare Around You” UC Davis Medical Search box Alameda MSSA Insurance, rates of California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Mike O'Neill 3/7/2012
Highlights – user experience New graphic design – CA template Mega-menus w/broad top level tabs Geographic cross-referencing Search boxes RESTful pages California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Mike O'Neill 3/7/2012
Highlights – continued Multiple cognitive channels Color Shape Numbers Font Charts Maps California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Mike O'Neill 3/7/2012
California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Mike O'Neill Some Lessons Learned Technical choices matter User experience matters as much as content Preprocess data when possible California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Mike O'Neill 3/7/2012
California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Mike O'Neill Questions ?? Michael O’Neill gisWebmaster@oshpd.ca.gov http://gis.oshpd.ca.gov/atlas * Special thanks to Vestra Resources & Tony Preston California Healthcare Atlas v3 - by Mike O'Neill 3/7/2012