Healthcare Information Management & Communications Canada

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Your source for insights from established and emerging thought leaders on the latest trends, events and future challenges in the health informatics profession.  

COACH members receive an annual subscription to this quarterly industry publication, which is the official journal of COACH, as part of their membership. The annual Resources Guide is provided as part of the subscription. Subscriptions are also available to non-members.

Writers wanted
Are you interested in raising your profile and sharing your knowledge and experiences with other health informatics professionals? Check out the author guidelines for writing articles and deadlines for submitting them here and contact Editor/Publisher Steven Huesing, healthcare@shaw.ca, phone 250.838.5524. 

News and views

Be sure to read the COACH President's Message, news articles and columns in every edition of the Journal. Here are samples of past articles. 

October 2008

• COACH President Linda Miller explores "Building Capacity: Integrated, Multi-faceted Approach".
  Download President's Message - October 2008  (PDF)
  
• "Hitting the Health Informatics Wall: A call to collaborative action on human resources" was co-written by Neil Gardner, COACH Board member and Chair, COACH Health Informatics Professionalism Steering Committee, and Charles LaFleche, CHITTA Director and Co-Chair, Canadian Capacity Building Strategic Steering Committee.
  Download Hitting_HI_Wall_Oct_2008 (PDF)
  
  

February 2008

• Shelagh Maloney, former COACH President, takes a thought-provoking approach to "Marketing 101 and the EHR".
  Download Marketing_101_and_the_EHR-Shelagh_Maloney (PDF)
  

October 2007

•  COACH members Kevin Leonard and David Wiljer wrote "Let’s Build Information Technology Solutions for a New Audience: The Patient".
  Download Building_IT_Solutions_for_New_Audience_-_The_Patient (PDF)