Geographia technica, No.1, 2006 133 SPECIFIC FEATURES OF GIS DATABASE FOR HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT. AN EXAMPLE FOR BIHOR COUNTY. F. MUREAN 1 , D.P. TIRT 1 , I. HAIDU 2 ABSTRACT. – DISPOSITIFS SPÉCIFIQUES de G.I.S. BASE DE DONNÉES POUR LA GESTION D'HÔPITAL. UN EXEMPLE POUR LE COMTÉ DE BIHOR. Cet article présente le G.I.S. base de données de modèle réalisée pour la gestion d'hôpital. Nous décrivons l'écoulement informationnel pour un hôpital utilisé pour la base de données et présentons les deux composants de G.I.S. : base de données graphique et base de données d'attributs. G.I.S. l'appui dans la gestion d'hôpital au niveau du comté est prouvé par utilisable dans la gestion courante du modèle présenté. * 1. GENERAL ASPECTS CONCERNING GIS GIS allows for a unique model of data representation. There are two specific types of data referring to a map namely: -spatial data which describe the place and the form of the geographical objects and their spatial relations with other objects; -descriptive data regarding the geographic objects (attributes) We can use other types of data, namely raster data (digital photos of the objects) digital elevation models etc The spatial data are rendered graphically through graphic features: points, lines and polygons. The attributes represent the qualitative or quantitative side of the phenomenon rendered through graphical features on a digital map. Thus for a geographical entity such a terrain form the attribute table can render different parameters numerically as the altitude or textually as the names depicted. The geographical features are represented with graphical symbols. For instance the roads are drawn with lines of different sizes, models, colours and labels and the hospitals with a special symbol. The database is defined as an "organized collection of data deposited and managed in a unitary mode allowing thus for the characterization of some objects or measures ". In order to be able to use and dispose of the information the database must be ruled by very precise rules regarding: the depositing and management of the different data files from the memory of the computer, the adding or the entering or the modification of the data, access to the information so that the data can be read, the development of reports and applications. 1 The Public Health Authority, 410032 Oradea, Romania 2 „Babe-Bolyai” University, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania