{"id":18490,"date":"2021-03-31T10:42:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T10:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rmsi.com\/blog\/?p=18490"},"modified":"2021-04-01T13:13:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T13:13:23","slug":"enhancing-indias-health-facility-database-in-openstreetmap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rmsi.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/enhancing-indias-health-facility-database-in-openstreetmap\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing India\u2019s Health Facility Database in OpenStreetMap"},"content":{"rendered":"

In India almost 66% population lives in rural areas. The vital health services in these areas are provided by hospitals with emergency services and other small healthcare centers often serving as the foundations of rural health care delivery systems. Public healthcare is free for every Indian resident.\u00a0But, long travel distance is one of the\u00a0key challenges that rural citizens\u00a0encounter\u00a0to access and seek health care services in these nearby hospitals, as\u00a0they normally serve multiple communities within a large region.<\/p>\n

When a natural disaster, accidents, other emergency cases or disease outbreak occurs there is a rush to establish accurate health care location data that can be used to support response and recovery teams on ground.<\/em> Access to healthcare is a requirement for human well-being that is constrained, in part, by the allocation of healthcare resources relative to the geographically dispersed human population.<\/p>\n

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At RMSI, we\u00a0are committed to addressing global issues of human habitation, security & safety connected with food, calamities, use of natural resources.\u00a0While assessing solutions to the above healthcare challenges,\u00a0our mapping experts noticed that a lot of hospitals or healthcare centers didn\u2019t even exist on most of the maps.<\/p>\n

We believe strongly that the solution to most problems starts with getting the right data.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Map Intelligence with OpenStreetMap (OSM):<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are various online mapping platforms that provides mapping services across the globe, and one such popular open-source platform is OSM, a free and openly editable map of the world. OSM is a web-based public platform that collects data describing the position of roads, rivers, towns, point of interests, etc. used to create maps.<\/p>\n

RMSI recently\u00a0worked on enhancing the healthcare facility database in the country.\u00a0The overall objective is to improve the Health facility POI in OSM data across the country (India) with the help of Government approved database and latest available imagery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Detailed Progress of India’s Health Facilities Import<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1. Data Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our experts\u00a0referred to the\u00a0following open sources of data.<\/p>\n

The OGD (Open Government Data) data was taken\u00a0by the Government of the country or any government-controlled entities. https:\/\/data.gov.in<\/a> \u00a0is a platform\u00a0that is supporting open data initiative of the Government of India.<\/p>\n

\u201cOpen Data\u201d platform is being offered to other countries and implemented in US as their data.gov<\/a>. Few other countries are also being powered by Open data platform. Example: Ghana.<\/p>\n