Technology controls our life in almost all fields. Health services are one of these fields which are
widely affected by the advances in spatial information technology. Spatial information technology
includes Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), remote
sensing, and spatial data management. GIS helps planners in planning and monitoring health care
facilities. This enables health authorities matching the facility supply with the relevant demand.
Utilization of GIS spatial analysis also promotes the standards of health services. That is why health
authorities give investment priority to improve health services employing GIS. Other Applications
of GIS and GPS in emergency geographic information services and infection control are appeared.
Using GIS in planning new health care facility opens multiple issues. These issues are the locality
definition, spatial epidemiology, socio- economic status and health status taking into account age
and sex variations in the area concerned. In this paper, the existing situation of public health care
facilities in Assuit city, Egypt is assessed according to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and
Population in Egypt "MOHP".