Bill Davenhall, the lead on health and human services marketing at ESRI, gave an entertaining and enlightening talk at the TedMed Conference in San Diego in October, and the video of the talk is now available for viewing. The talk centered on the connection between place history and health, and the fact that the environment in which we live has a cumulative and direct impact on our well being.
Davenhall emphasized the importance of this connection and the need to start tracking this information on personal health histories as we work to convert paper health records to digital form. He also emphasizes the need to spread the word about the GeoMedicine programs that are gaining momentum, to support this work, and to make certain young doctors factor in the connection to place in their patient diagnoses.
