The
infraNET Project and
Waterloo Institute for Health Informatics Research
University of Waterloo
present ...
"Why Not Address Clinician
Knowledge Management Needs?"
by
Dr. Octo Barnett
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and
Senior Scientific Director, Laboratory of Computer Science
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Davis Centre, Room 1302
University of Waterloo
Seminar Sponsor
OntarioMD
Seminar Series Sponsors
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
McKesson Information Solutions - Smart Systems for Health Agency
Healthcare Information Management and Communications Canada
Abstract
Numerous studies have shown that the information needs of primary
care physicians are not being met. In addition, the information
management requirements and work-flow needs of routine practice require
a large proportion of the time of each visit. One of the
recommendations from the Institute of Medicine report on improving the
delivery of medical care was to utilize information technology in daily
practice to increase the use of scientifically valid decision-making.
Dr. Barnett will present and discuss the characteristics of a
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) web-based application that is
very effective (and heavily used) in supporting knowledge access about disease
management, clinical decision making, patient instructions, and how to
access and use the administrative resources of the institution. The
key principle is that medical knowledge (both clinical and
administrative) is most appreciated and used when it is focused on specific decision
needs and specific actions to be taken for a particular patient at the time
when the physician s attention is directed to the care of that patient.
About the Speaker
Octo Barnett received a BS from Vanderbilt University and an MD
from the Harvard Medical School. From 1962 to 2002, he was the Director
of the Laboratory of Computer Science (LSC) at Massachusetts General
Hospital (MGH). In 2002, he became Senior Scientific Director of LCS.
He is also a physician at MGH, a professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical
School and a lecturer in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at
MIT. Dr. Barnett has led active research programs in the application of
computer technology to computer-based medical record systems, physician workstations,
clinical problem solving, expert systems in medical diagnosis,
knowledge management, medical education, and clinical research.
Dr. Barnett is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and
a Founding Fellow of both the American College of Medical Informatics
(AMIA) and the American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering.
He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
He has served on the Board of Directors of AMIA, the Editorial Board of
Computers in Biomedical Research and the Editorial Board of Methods of
Information in Medicine. From 1985-93, he was the Director of the
Academic Information Technology Development, HMS. In 1996, Dr. Barnett
received the prestigious Morris Collen Award of Excellence from AMIA.
For more information
Shirley Fenton
Managing Director, WIHIR
University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4074
Seminar Hosts
This seminar is hosted by the Waterloo Institute for Health
Informatics Research (WIHIR) and The infraNET Project, University of Waterloo.
The infraNET Project, initiated by the University of Waterloo in
1996, is a partnership to advance Web and Internet technologies. Its founding
partners were: LivePage (now part of Oracle), MKS, Open Text, RIM,
Sybase (Waterloo) and Waterloo Maple.
We also gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Institute for
Computer Research, University of Waterloo.
