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Healthcare

Where every second counts.

Transform the patient experience with real time location experiences. From optimizing patient care pathways to enhancing operational efficiency, our platform merges health and GIS to provide a comprehensive solution to the challenges faced by healthcare organizations.

Azure Maps for Healthcare

In an industry where every decision impacts lives, having the right tools to navigate complexities is paramount. Azure Maps offers a comprehensive set of APIs for private and public health with secure, private and compliant location services, finely tuned to the unique challenges and opportunities within healthcare.

Optimized Routing

Seamlessly navigate patients to the nearest healthcare facilities, reducing travel time and improving accessibility to critical care services.

Real-time Asset Tracking

Monitor the location and status of ambulances and other assets in real time, ensuring efficient allocation and utilization across facilities.

Emergency Response

Plan and simulate emergency response scenarios, identify evacuation routes to ensure swift and effective responses during crises.

HIPAA Compliance

Build compliant customized mapping experiences with customer data with compliant1 mapping APIs.

Data-driven decisions

Leverage geospatial and health data with a GIS for strategic planning, resource allocation, and public health initiatives. Make informed decisions based on accurate, real-time data.

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Operational Efficiency

Optimize logistics for medical supplies, track assets in real-time, and effectively manage public health facilities with a GIS.

Enhanced patient care

Visualize location data and automatically analyze new information on new patient admits and hospital capacities with healthcare maps for a more convenient and efficient patient care system.

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Deliver high-quality healthcare with Azure Maps APIs

By harnessing the power of geospatial technology and GIS, health providers are enhancing operational efficiency, improving patient outcomes, and driving innovation in the healthcare industry.

Built for Healthcare

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Data and Insights

Analyze large volumes of healthcare data with Azure Data services. Combine GIS and health to unlock unparalleled insights into healthcare with Azure Maps.

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Location Services

Process long lists of patient addresses with lightning-fast geocoding and reverse geocoding, and find key POIs like nearby hospitals with location search services.

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Routes and Directions

Generate the fastest and most efficient routes for healthcare service providers, and conserve important resources with smarter fleet management services.

Frequently asked questions

  • Whether it’s using a GIS for public health services like vaccine deliveries, or creating custom maps with existing CAD plans, integrating Azure Maps with your existing data is easy. Once you’ve signed up for an Azure Maps subscription, you’ll be able to access our geospatial data and start building right away.

  • GIS and health services are a logical fit, especially considering today’s logistical challenges. Here are a few ways Azure Maps can help:

    • Tracking at-risk patients by geocoding addresses.
    • Ensuring fast and accurate delivery of supplies during emergencies through route planning.
    • Creating interactive digital maps to help patients navigate clinics and hospitals with ease.
  • Yes. Developers only need to know fundamental languages like Python and R to call our REST APIs. Our documentation base covers every important topic for new users, from basic requests to full application tutorials. You can also consult our code sample gallery to view Azure Maps API in action.

  • User data is protected and encrypted at every step. Azure Maps ensures HIPAA compliance to prioritize patient privacy and security, so that our GIS users and health service providers can build with peace of mind. You can learn more about HIPAA compliance here.

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