The
infraNET Project and
Waterloo Institute for Health Informatics Research
University of Waterloo
present ...
The Physician in E-Health:
The Missing Link
by
Dr. Bill Haver
Family Physician and Managing Partner
Lakeside Medical Clinic
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Davis Centre, Room 1302
University of Waterloo
Seminar Sponsor:
Clinicare Corporation
Seminar Series Sponsors:
Blackberry - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
McKesson Information Solutions - Smart Systems for Health Agency
Healthcare Information Management and Communications Canada
Abstract
The Electronic Health Record concept has reached a level of
significance that is best exemplified by the willingness of various
levels of government to openly promote it as a potential saviour of a
crumbling healthcare system. Billions of dollars have been earmarked
for this noble mission. Government agencies have been developed. Arm s
length, government funded corporations have been created. Provincial
initiatives abound. Countless regional projects have erupted. Hospitals
have revamped labs, pharmacies and diagnostic imaging departments. Expert
consultants have materialized from vapour. Unfortunately, the adoption
of the electronic record and the occurrence of truly useful electronic
health information remains sporadic, consistently incomplete and,
occasionally, completely inconsistent. It is only recently that some
effort has been made to identify the reasons for the lack of success
of this venture and this has led to the realization that there was
little or no use of electronic records at the primary care interface.
This seminar will give a physician s perspective on this dilemma.
We will look at some of the adoption rate figures for Canada and other
parts of the world and then explore some of the possible reasons for
these numbers.
About the Speaker
Dr. Haver is the Managing Partner at Lakeside Medical Clinic in
Saskatoon. He is the former Chief of Staff at Saskatoon City Hospital
and sits on the Information Technology Committee of the Saskatchewan
Medical Association. He is the medical editor of Health Information
Management and Computing Canada and has taught on the subject of
electronic medical records across Canada and the United States for the
last twenty years. Lakeside Medical Clinic is a sixteen doctor primary care
clinic that has utilized a full electronic medical record since 1985.
Disclosure: Dr. Haver sits on the Board of Directors of Clinicare Corporation.
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 Siebel), MKS, Open Text, RIM,
Sybase (Waterloo) and Waterloo Maple.
We also gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Institute for
Computer Research, University of Waterloo.
