PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Andrew Bazemore
AU  - Philip Diller
AU  - Mark Carrozza
TI  - The Impact of a Clinic Move on Vulnerable Patients with Chronic Disease: A Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analysis
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2010.01.090103
DP  - 2010 Jan 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
PG  - 128--130
VI  - 23
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/23/1/128.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/23/1/128.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2010 Jan 01; 23
AB  - Background: Changing locations disrupts the populations served by primary health care clinics, and such changes may differentially affect access to care for vulnerable populations.Methods: Online geographic information systems mapping tools were used to define how the relocation of a family medicine center impacted access to care for black and Hispanic patients with chronic disease.Results: Maps created from practice management data revealed a distinct shift in black and Hispanic patients with chronic disease being served in the new location.Conclusions: Geographic information systems tools are valuable aids in defining changing service areas of primary health care clinics.