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	National Cancer Intelligence Network \| Cancer Atlas for England \| Date September 2008 A new interactive web-based resource, called 'Cancer e-Atlas' has been developed using InstantAtlas to improve access to cancer statistics across England. It aims to provide health care professionals, commissioners, health service managers and the public with information on incidence, mortality and survival for the common types of cancers in men and women. "InstantAtlas provides an ideal tool for presenting cancer statistics in an engaging and informative way" says Dr Colin Pollock, Cancer e-Atlas project director, "It is inexpensive and familiar to the analysts working on the Cancer e-Atlas which reduces the ris and cost for the project compared to a bespoke development." Cancer statistics (incidence and mortality) are shown for Local Authorities and Cancer Networks using data from English cancer registries and the Office for National Statistics. Survival statistics are also shown but at Cancer Network level only. This is because any observed variations in survival rates across Local Authority areas are more likely to be caused by the natural variations that occur when dealing with smaller numbers of patients rather than showing real differences. http://www.ncin.org.uk/eatlas
	Community Indicators Victoria (CIV) [Australia] Date June 2008 CIV is a collaborative project hosted by the McCaughey Centre, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne. CIV has developed an online Geographic Information System (GIS) which is an interactive mapping and analysis tool to enable visual communication of wellbeing indicators. The Wellbeing Map uses InstantAtlas to present wellbeing information in a geographical context, revealing spatial variations and patterns across Victoria. Wellbeing map: http://www.communityindicators.net.au
	East Midlands Public Health Observatory (EMPHO) \| Date June 2008 Teenage Pregnancy Interactive Map Tool EMPHO has produced interactive maps of under 18 conception data, for all Local Authorities in England, using InstantAtlas from Geowise. Maps are now available with the latest 2006 (provisional) data, along with comparators including deprivation and e data. The interactive mapping tool has also been improved, allowing the user to view the data in a number of different ways, including Significance mapping, Funnel Plots and Area Profiles. View EMPHO Templates Single Map Double Map Funnel Plot Area Profile
Regional Level Atlas The Regional Level interactive atlas allows comparisons for the 32 Health Profiles indicators by Government Office Region. For technical reasons the South East Government Office Region has been split into two Strategic Health Authorities (SHA's). County Level Atlas The County Level interactive atlas allows comparisons for the 32 Health Profiles indicators by County Council. Also included on this County Council level atlas are London Boroughs, Unitary Authorities and Metropolitan Council Districts. District Level Atlas The District Level interactive atlas allows comparisons for the 32 Health Profiles indicators by County District. Also included on this County District level atlas are London Boroughs, Unitary Authorities and Metropolitan Council Districts.	NHS Community Health Profiles \| Date August 2008 Extract taken from Website \| Date 12/08/2008 The Association of Public Health Observatories was commissioned by the Department of Health in 2005 to produce Health Profiles. Health Profiles provide a snapshot of health for each local council in England using key health indicators, which enables comparison locally, regionally and over time. The first batch of profiles was produced in 2006, for all but 2 of the 388 local authorities in England (County, District, Unitary and London Borough). The updated and improved Health Profiles 2007 were released in June 2007. The aims of the profiles are: * To provide a consistent, concise, comparable and balanced overview of the population’s health that informs local needs assessment, policy, planning, performance management, surveillance and practice. * To be a distillate of the absolutely key, most useful (currently available) indicators (with a reference to new data/indicators and unavailable data/indicators). * To be primarily of use to joint efforts between local government and the health service to improve health and reduce health inequalities, but ultimately to empower the wider community. Health Profiles Interactive Health Profiles 2008 are a further development from the 2007 profiles, which built on the prototype released in 2006. Health Profiles Interactive is a service new to Health Profiles 2008. It was designed to allow users to select indicators and areas for comparison through a map or list in an intuitive visual interface including the Health Profiles spine chart format. The interactive atlases have been produced at several different geography levels to allow indicator comparisons over these geographies. [Source: Association of Public Health Authorities, Accessed 12/08/2008, www.communityhealthprofiles.org.uk.]
	DE Cancer Atlas \| Date September 2008 The Institute for Cancer Epidemiology in Lübeck is the first German Cancer Registry to implement InstantAtas. This reports incidence and mortality rates for major cancer site over a five-year period for Schleswig-Holstein. http://www.krebsregister-sh.de/atlas/inzidenz/atlas.html
	Child and Maternal Health Observatory \| November 2008 The National Child and Maternal Health Observatory (ChiMat) provides information and intelligence to improve decision-making for high quality, cost effective services. The web site provides on-line tools to support different elements of the commissioning process. These tools are brought together into a central hub for access to data, profiles and reports on child and maternal health. Kate Canning, Head of ChiMat, explains "InstantAtlas Server provided the ChiMat team with an adaptable solution for managing and presenting quantitative data that was inexpensive and quick to implement. We were able to purchase the software and go live within three months. It was easy for our web designer to brand the InstantAtlas Server mini-site to match the ChiMat site. The highly interactive atlases delivered through the Data Views module are more engaging than static images. They allow users to explore our data and provide answers leaving our team to focus on more complex queries. The needs assessment modules we have produced through the Profile Reports module will make individuals within PCTs more productive by reducing the time it takes to produce needs assessments with local data." Visit www.chimat.org.uk for more information.
	National Health Episode Statistics \| Date December 08 Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are record level patient data collected by the Department of Health from every NHS hospital in England and Wales. HES data provides a comprehensive picture of inpatient care that can support public health analysis, planning and resource allocation, benchmarking, clinical audit, monitoring and performance management and research.* Presenting HES data using InstantAtlas makes the data more accessible. As Steve Morgan, Senior Public Health Analyst at SEPHO says: " “I’ve demonstrated the software to a number of senior public health specialists and received a great deal of positive feedback – complex data previously once displayed in tedious two dimensional spreadsheets and charts is now transformed in an exciting and more meaningful manner The new HES e-Atlas produced by SEPHO on behalf of APHO shows HES data between 2003/4 – 2006/07 in a single map template (by Local Authorities). It is available at: National HES e-Atlas *Source and for more information on HES data
	UK Public Health Resource Unit (PHRU) \| February 2009 The National Obesity Observatory e-Atlas is an interactive mapping tool for the analysis of data on the prevalence of obesity and its determinants for local authorities in England. Caroline Ridler, Senior Public Health Intelligence Analyst explains why NOO chose InstantAtlas: “The National Obesity Observatory needs software that is easy to use. The fact that we can use an InstantAtlas template out-of-the box saves us time and helps us to display a lot of complex data in a simple and accessible format”. The NOO e-Atlas is available from www.noo.org.uk/maps.
	European Union Public Health Information System (EUPHIX) \| Date February 2009 EUPHIX is a web-based knowledge system for health professionals, policy makers and others. It presents structured European public health information, giving a special insight into similarities and differences between EU Member States. EUPHIX presenting data and explanatory text on topics related to: - Health Status (perceived health, mortality, diseases, etc.) Determinants of health (lifestyle, environment, biological, etc.) Health interventions & systems (promotion, care, resources, etc.) Health policies (broad policies and specific policies) Demography (population projections, age distributions, etc.) http://www.euphix.org/atlas/concept/life_expectancy/atlas.html


	National Cancer Intelligence Network \| Cancer Atlas for England \| Date September 2008 A new interactive web-based resource, called 'Cancer e-Atlas' has been developed using InstantAtlas to improve access to cancer statistics across England. It aims to provide health care professionals, commissioners, health service managers and the public with information on incidence, mortality and survival for the common types of cancers in men and women. "InstantAtlas provides an ideal tool for presenting cancer statistics in an engaging and informative way" says Dr Colin Pollock, Cancer e-Atlas project director, "It is inexpensive and familiar to the analysts working on the Cancer e-Atlas which reduces the ris and cost for the project compared to a bespoke development." Cancer statistics (incidence and mortality) are shown for Local Authorities and Cancer Networks using data from English cancer registries and the Office for National Statistics. Survival statistics are also shown but at Cancer Network level only. This is because any observed variations in survival rates across Local Authority areas are more likely to be caused by the natural variations that occur when dealing with smaller numbers of patients rather than showing real differences. http://www.ncin.org.uk/eatlas
	Community Indicators Victoria (CIV) [Australia] Date June 2008 CIV is a collaborative project hosted by the McCaughey Centre, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne. CIV has developed an online Geographic Information System (GIS) which is an interactive mapping and analysis tool to enable visual communication of wellbeing indicators. The Wellbeing Map uses InstantAtlas to present wellbeing information in a geographical context, revealing spatial variations and patterns across Victoria. Wellbeing map: http://www.communityindicators.net.au
	East Midlands Public Health Observatory (EMPHO) \| Date June 2008 Teenage Pregnancy Interactive Map Tool EMPHO has produced interactive maps of under 18 conception data, for all Local Authorities in England, using InstantAtlas from Geowise. Maps are now available with the latest 2006 (provisional) data, along with comparators including deprivation and e data. The interactive mapping tool has also been improved, allowing the user to view the data in a number of different ways, including Significance mapping, Funnel Plots and Area Profiles. View EMPHO Templates Single Map Double Map Funnel Plot Area Profile
Regional Level Atlas The Regional Level interactive atlas allows comparisons for the 32 Health Profiles indicators by Government Office Region. For technical reasons the South East Government Office Region has been split into two Strategic Health Authorities (SHA's). County Level Atlas The County Level interactive atlas allows comparisons for the 32 Health Profiles indicators by County Council. Also included on this County Council level atlas are London Boroughs, Unitary Authorities and Metropolitan Council Districts. District Level Atlas The District Level interactive atlas allows comparisons for the 32 Health Profiles indicators by County District. Also included on this County District level atlas are London Boroughs, Unitary Authorities and Metropolitan Council Districts.	NHS Community Health Profiles \| Date August 2008 Extract taken from Website \| Date 12/08/2008 The Association of Public Health Observatories was commissioned by the Department of Health in 2005 to produce Health Profiles. Health Profiles provide a snapshot of health for each local council in England using key health indicators, which enables comparison locally, regionally and over time. The first batch of profiles was produced in 2006, for all but 2 of the 388 local authorities in England (County, District, Unitary and London Borough). The updated and improved Health Profiles 2007 were released in June 2007. The aims of the profiles are: * To provide a consistent, concise, comparable and balanced overview of the population’s health that informs local needs assessment, policy, planning, performance management, surveillance and practice. * To be a distillate of the absolutely key, most useful (currently available) indicators (with a reference to new data/indicators and unavailable data/indicators). * To be primarily of use to joint efforts between local government and the health service to improve health and reduce health inequalities, but ultimately to empower the wider community. Health Profiles Interactive Health Profiles 2008 are a further development from the 2007 profiles, which built on the prototype released in 2006. Health Profiles Interactive is a service new to Health Profiles 2008. It was designed to allow users to select indicators and areas for comparison through a map or list in an intuitive visual interface including the Health Profiles spine chart format. The interactive atlases have been produced at several different geography levels to allow indicator comparisons over these geographies. [Source: Association of Public Health Authorities, Accessed 12/08/2008, www.communityhealthprofiles.org.uk.]
	DE Cancer Atlas \| Date September 2008 The Institute for Cancer Epidemiology in Lübeck is the first German Cancer Registry to implement InstantAtas. This reports incidence and mortality rates for major cancer site over a five-year period for Schleswig-Holstein. http://www.krebsregister-sh.de/atlas/inzidenz/atlas.html
	Child and Maternal Health Observatory \| November 2008 The National Child and Maternal Health Observatory (ChiMat) provides information and intelligence to improve decision-making for high quality, cost effective services. The web site provides on-line tools to support different elements of the commissioning process. These tools are brought together into a central hub for access to data, profiles and reports on child and maternal health. Kate Canning, Head of ChiMat, explains "InstantAtlas Server provided the ChiMat team with an adaptable solution for managing and presenting quantitative data that was inexpensive and quick to implement. We were able to purchase the software and go live within three months. It was easy for our web designer to brand the InstantAtlas Server mini-site to match the ChiMat site. The highly interactive atlases delivered through the Data Views module are more engaging than static images. They allow users to explore our data and provide answers leaving our team to focus on more complex queries. The needs assessment modules we have produced through the Profile Reports module will make individuals within PCTs more productive by reducing the time it takes to produce needs assessments with local data." Visit www.chimat.org.uk for more information.
	National Health Episode Statistics \| Date December 08 Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are record level patient data collected by the Department of Health from every NHS hospital in England and Wales. HES data provides a comprehensive picture of inpatient care that can support public health analysis, planning and resource allocation, benchmarking, clinical audit, monitoring and performance management and research.* Presenting HES data using InstantAtlas makes the data more accessible. As Steve Morgan, Senior Public Health Analyst at SEPHO says: " “I’ve demonstrated the software to a number of senior public health specialists and received a great deal of positive feedback – complex data previously once displayed in tedious two dimensional spreadsheets and charts is now transformed in an exciting and more meaningful manner The new HES e-Atlas produced by SEPHO on behalf of APHO shows HES data between 2003/4 – 2006/07 in a single map template (by Local Authorities). It is available at: National HES e-Atlas *Source and for more information on HES data
	UK Public Health Resource Unit (PHRU) \| February 2009 The National Obesity Observatory e-Atlas is an interactive mapping tool for the analysis of data on the prevalence of obesity and its determinants for local authorities in England. Caroline Ridler, Senior Public Health Intelligence Analyst explains why NOO chose InstantAtlas: “The National Obesity Observatory needs software that is easy to use. The fact that we can use an InstantAtlas template out-of-the box saves us time and helps us to display a lot of complex data in a simple and accessible format”. The NOO e-Atlas is available from www.noo.org.uk/maps.
	European Union Public Health Information System (EUPHIX) \| Date February 2009 EUPHIX is a web-based knowledge system for health professionals, policy makers and others. It presents structured European public health information, giving a special insight into similarities and differences between EU Member States. EUPHIX presenting data and explanatory text on topics related to: - Health Status (perceived health, mortality, diseases, etc.) Determinants of health (lifestyle, environment, biological, etc.) Health interventions & systems (promotion, care, resources, etc.) Health policies (broad policies and specific policies) Demography (population projections, age distributions, etc.) http://www.euphix.org/atlas/concept/life_expectancy/atlas.html