This site displays data on Alabama's Physician Assistants (PAs). Our data are based on healthcare data provided by Caliper Corporation, the makers of the Maptitude GIS program. The Caliper healthcare data in turn is based on the National Provider Plan and Enumeration System (NPPES) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In the interactive map and table, NPI refers to the National Provider Identifier, a 10 digit number that identifies the PA in the NPPES. Our data have been enhanced by adding attributes related to urban/rural classification and aggregation based on counties, our own primary care service areas, and service areas constructed by HHS.
Our data are displayed in the form of interactive maps and interactive tables. The maps generally have point or area layers that can be added or removed with the layer control on the map. The user can zoom in and out of a map and move about in the usual way. Zooming in reveals additional features such as small towns and then streets and roads. A click on the home button returns the map to its origional location and scale. The zoom to area button allows the user to zoom to a selected rectangular area of the map. Clicking on an object in a layer shows summary data for that object.
The interactive tables can be sorted by any field, by clicking on the header for that field. The buttons at the top allow the table data to be copied to the clipboard, in tab-separated text format, printed, or downloaded in various formats (tab-separated text, Excel, or PDF). With the search bar, the table can be filtered according to a text string.
In the interactive tables that display geographic point or area data, you can click on a row to select an object and see the object highlighted in the map. You can select as many areas as you wish. Click on a selected area again to de-select and remove the highlight.
The information and data presented in this project are provided as a service to the educational and healthcare communities. Although care was taken in gathering the data at the time of posting, no warranties are expressed or implied as to the correctness or usefulness of the material. Moreover, the project should be viewed as a snapshot in time. Inevitably, the further from the time of posting the less accurate the data will be.