Category Archives: healthcare

Informatics, Gaming, and Simulation

Notes from module 7 of the Interprofessional Health Informatics course I’m working on (plus side reading that I did to fill in some blanks/learn more about some things mentioned in the course). Gaming = “playing games developed to teach something or help solve … Continue reading

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Workflow Processes

Notes from module 4 of the Interprofessional Health Informatics course I’m working on (plus side reading that I did to fill in some blanks/learn more about some things mentioned in the course). [Note: I posted this on August 5, 2015, but then it … Continue reading

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Informatics and Public Health

Notes from module 6 of the Interprofessional Health Informatics course I’m working on (plus side reading that I did to fill in some blanks/learn more about some things mentioned in the course). [Note: I posted this on August 5, 2015, but then it … Continue reading

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Clinical Informatics Outside the Walls of Healthcare Settings: Telehealth and Consumer Health Informatics

Notes from module 5 of the Interprofessional Health Informatics course I’m working on (plus side reading that I did to fill in some blanks/learn more about some things mentioned in the course). [Note: I posted this on August 5, 2015, but then … Continue reading

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BC’s Strategy for Health Information Management & Technology

The BC government recently released a policy discussion paper on their Health Information Management and Technology (IM/IT) strategy framework. The paper identifies a number of challenges faced at the moment: lack of a common vision for IM/IT across the health sector … Continue reading

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Data-Information-Knowledge

Notes from module 3 of the Interprofessional Health Informatics course I’m working on (plus side side reading that I did to fill in some blanks/learn more about some things mentioned in the course) Data: observations (numbers, terms) Information: data with … Continue reading

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What is Health Informatics?

Notes from modules 1 and 2 of the Interprofessional Health Informatics course I’m working on (plus side side reading that I did to fill in some blanks/learn more about some things mentioned in the course) Learning Healthcare System: “a system that … Continue reading

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Interprofessional Health Informatics Course from the University of Minnesota

As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m currently working on a very large and complex health information system project. I’ve been on this project for nearly 10 months now and it has been both a fantastic learning opportunity and a chance to … Continue reading

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KT Canada Conference – Day 2

  Day 2 of the two-day conference. More notes from the sessions!   Plenary: Andreas Laupacis “Patient engagement in research and health care: its values, science, politics, and art” used the James Lind Alliance process for coming up with their … Continue reading

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KT Canada Conference – Day 1

I’m in Halifax for the Knowledge Translation Canada conference. Figured my blog would be a good place to collect my notes. There was also a hashtag of #KTCanada15 where people were tweeting their thoughts (and often tweeting out links to … Continue reading

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