The
infraNET Project and
Waterloo Institute for Health Informatics Research
University of Waterloo
present ...
eHealth Strategies in Support of Psychiatry
by
Peter Catford
VP and Chief Information Officer
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Davis Centre, Room 1302
University of Waterloo
Seminar Series Sponsors:
Blackberry - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
McKesson Information Solutions - Smart Systems for Health Agency
Healthcare Information Management and Communications Canada
Abstract
Patients/clients
requiring psychiatric care have complex and multiple needs that also
require direct pathways to various services provided by other sectors
such as primary care, housing and acute care. E-health strategies
allow for the provision of secure information related to the
electronic health record, sharing of knowledge, and training and
education.
This presentation will focus on the impact of e-health strategies
on clinical information systems; the issues surrounding the capture
and management of clinical information, and the availability and
access of clinical information to psychiatric care givers.
About the Speaker
Peter Catford has a long unique
history in the IT/IM business with experience in the private and
public sector. In the last 10 years, Peter has been involved in IT
management in the hospital sector and has been the CIO at the Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health since February 1999. He is also the
president of HInext Inc. and has held positions at Mount Sinai
Hospital, Baxter Corporation, Torcom Consultants and founded a unique
hospital private sector partnership called HeathLink. He has had
consulting assignments with major corporations such as GE, IBM, Compaq
and Air Canada as well as many hospitals in Canada including several
of the major teaching centers.
Peter has an interest in implementing
strategies that use informatics to assist with better communication
across the continuum of care in Ontario's healthcare system. He is
currently the co-chair of Ontario's Health Informatics Standards Council
and has participated in Ontario's Continuing Care e-Health Council.
Peter completed a B.Sc at the
University of Guelph, and an MBA at the Richard Ivey School of
Business and has recently been appointed to lecture in Health Informatics
at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine, Health Policy, Management
and Evaluation program.
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.
