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On March 2, BC's Health Information Management Professionals Society (BCHIMPS). and COACH will host a full-day
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COACH & BCHIMPS Spring 2012 Forum on Emerging Technologies
7:30 am to 4:15 pm
University Golf Club at UBC, Vancouver
Breakfast, Hot Lunch & Refreshments Included
The Canadian healthcare system is poised for transformation. Sky rocketing costs, technology advances, and consumer expectations are driving change across the entire health continuum, generating fertile soil for emerging technologies to grow. Such technologies hold the promise of reinventing the way we access and use health services, providing new options for providers and care delivery, while simultaneously empowering patients.
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Sessions
8:45am - 9:45 am
Negotiating the World of Emerging Technologies in a Legacy Environment
Speaker: Barry Rivelis, CIO, Provincial Health Services Authority
9:45 - 10:45 am
Innovation and Interoperability ath the Bedside -- Full Circle
Speaker: Mary-Lyn Fyfe, CMIO, Vancouver Island Health Authority
VIHA has recently embarked on a journey pursuing medical device integration with their Cerner-based EHR. Dr. Fyfe will discuss the implementations and the associated challenges and successes. In addition, she will discuss future plans for continued interoperability to support quality and clinical workflow.
11 am - 12 pm
Physician Patient Collaboration and Tools
Speaker: Dr. Wendy Graham, CEO, Founder, MiHealt
Dr. Wendy Graham will discuss the emerging trends in healthcare technology, what physicians should be aware of, and the need for Personal Health Records. mihealth, a new personal health record, will be introduced along with the benefits it can provide to the patient?provider relationship.
12 - 1 pm
Wireless Home Care Services and Social Media
Speaker: Scott Herrmann, Director of Mobile Solutions, Procura
The wireless revolution has triggered a multi-trillion dollar industry and the mobile device has become a central part of life. Forward looking companies in the health and life sciences communities are embracing mobile technology as a way to extend the value of their services they provide. Home healthcare also has embraced this technology for its ability to increase compliance, productivity and accountability of field staff. Whether it's RNs, aides or social workers, by eliminating paper and self-reporting manual processes with mobile technology, homecare agencies can gain benefits that not only improve patient outcomes, but also provide a better way to deliver and proactively manage their services.
2 - 3 pm
Emerging Technologies and Healthcare IT in Canada
Speaker: Ron Parker, Group Director, Emerging Technologies Group, Canada Health Infoway
This session will outline some of the emergent technologies and use trends being tracked by Canada Health Infoway as relevant for healthcare.
3- 4pm
The Future of Evidence
Speaker: Jeffrey Betts, Business Development, IBM Healthcare and Life Sciences
Evidence: Everyone agrees it should guide how physicians treat patients and organize care. We know that rigorously determining 'what works' and then systematically applying those lessons improves outcomes, quality and cost. As patients, we assume and expect that health professionals will be using the most current, proven knowledge as they treat us. But close to 1 million articles a year are now published in medical journals, putting the synthesis and condensation of relevant new insights beyond human cognitive capacity. EMRs, EHRs and PHRs are continuously gathering petabytes of facts about symptoms, diagnoses, treatments and outcomes, but most of this data remains in silos, under-analyzed and under-utilized. The good news is the healthcare industry is moving towards an evidence-centric ecosystem, enabled by technologies like Natural Language Processing (NLP), similarity analytics and predictive modelling. These tools will help healthcare professionals generate large-scale comparative effectiveness evidence, in real time, specific to each and every patient.
4- 4:15 pm
Closing Comments & Discussion
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