Smarter Health Seminar Series:
Emerging Solutions - Health Informatics Tools for
the Future
The infraNET Project and the Waterloo Institute for Health
Informatics Research are hosting a special seminar series entitled "Smarter
Health: Emerging Solutions - Health Informatics Tools for the Future".
Speakers in this innovative series will present new,
emerging, disruptive, innovative technologies, concepts, methods or
processes that have the potential of positively impacting health or
the health system.
The presentations by industry and healthcare experts will be 50
minutes in duration, followed by a 30-40 minute facilitated discussion.
The seminars are hosted by David Johnston, President of the
University of Waterloo. Dominic Covvey, Director of WIHIR is the
moderator for the seminars.
Who Should Attend:
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Professionals from the health and IT
industries, educators, and interested citizens
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Location:
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Davis Centre, Room 1302, University of Waterloo
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Date and Time:
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4th Wednesday, Sept. - Nov. and Jan. - June
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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Registration:
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No charge to attend, but pre-registering to
reserve a seat is recommended.
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Seminars and Speakers
September 22, 2004
- My Care Source: A Web-based Patient Care Portal
Glen Kearns, VP & CIO and Claudette DeLenardo, Director,
Patient Portal
Grand River Hospital, Kitchener
October 27, 2004 -
NORTH Network and the Future of Telemedicine
Dr. Ed Brown, MD, Executive Director, NORTH Network
November 24, 2004
- Paediatric Engineering Rehabilitation
Dr. Tom Chau, Coordinator, Intelligent Systems Research Program
Bloorview MacMillan Children s Centre, Toronto
January 26, 2005 -
Grand Challenges for Biomedical Information Retrieval
in the 21st Century
Dr. William Hersh, Medical Informatics & Clinical
Epidemiology,
School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University
February 23, 2005
- Areas of IT Strategic Emphasis at Partners Healthcare
Dr. John P. Glaser, VP & CIO, Partners Healthcare System,
Inc., Boston
March 23, 2005 -
Rattling the Supply Chain:
The Opportunity of Supply Chain Management in Healthcare
Sarah Friesen, General Manager, Shared Healthcare Supply Services
April 20, 2005 -
The Human Side of Health Informatics
Jim Anderson, Professor, Dept. of Medical Sociology &
Dept. of Health Communications, Purdue University
May 25, 2005 -
Managing Risk in Health Information Systems
Michael Connolly, CEO and Brendan Seaton, CP&SO
Smart Systems For Health Agency
June 22, 2005 -
eHealth is Changing Health Care Culture
Sam Marafioti, Vice Chair, Ontario Hospital eHealth Council
VP, Strategy & Development, and CTO,
Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre
