Clinician Education Stream

Clinicians will benefit from the rich variety of lessons learned, practical new ideas, case studies, research and thought leadership offered about some of the hottest topics in e-Health at the conference. Key plenary, concurrent and pre-conference sessions are listed below. Please visit Program for other education opportunities. 

*Note: Concurrent session speakers may be subject to change. Please check Concurrent Education for updates. 

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Monday, June 1 Sessions
Tuesday, June 2 Sessions
Wednesday, June 3 Sessions

pre-conference symposiums
sunday, may 31, 2015
COACH: Canada's Health Informatics Association
Clinician Forum Making Connections: Trends & Tempos in Clinical Informatics & Professional Practice

Presenters

  • Dr. Allan Ausford, Family Physician, Meadowlark Health Centre  
  • Dr. Duane Bender, Director, Applied Research Program, Mohawk College
  • Dr. David Buckeridge, Associate Professor, McGill University 
  • Dr. Pat Ceresia, Chief Privacy Officer & Managing Director eHealth, Canadian Medical Protective
  • Mr. Ian Fish, Vice-President, Market Development, Telus Health
  • Mr. Jim Forbes, Chief Technology Officer, University Health Network 
  • Dr. Darren Larsen, Chief Medical Information Officer, OntarioMD 
  • Ms. Eithne Reichert, President, RWI Informatics Inc., and Vice-Chair, COACH Clinician Forum 
  • Ms. Marie Rocchi, Pharmacist, University of Toronto and Resource Lead at the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada 
  • Dr. Peter Rossos, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, University Health Network, and Chair, COACH Clinician Forum 
  • Mr. Paul Sulkers, Ontario Industry Executive – IBM Canada Health Industry 
  • Dr. Charles Young, Chief Medical Officer, Capita Healthcare Decisions
Canada Health Infoway's 
Tactics to Accelerate Interoperability 

Presenters

  • Susan Sepa, Group Director, Clinical System Interoperability  
  • Mario Voltolina, Group Director, Clinical Systems Integration
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Measuring the Performance of Youth Health System: Aligning Public Reporting and Performance Analytics

 Presenters

  • Jeremy VEILLARD (Vice-President, Research and Analysis, CIHI) 
  • Jean-Frédéric LEVESQUE (Chief Executive Officer, Bureau of Health Information, New South Wales) 
  • Niek KLAZINGA (Professor of Social Medicine at Academic Medical Centre, Netherlands; Coordinator of Health Care Quality Indicators (HCQI) Project, OECD Health Division, OECD)  
  • Steve O’REILLY (Executive Director, Atlantic Canada and Integrated eReporting, CIHI) 
  • Tom BRIGGS (Senior Program Officer, Planning and Performance, Alberta Health Services) 
  • Sarah HUTCHISON (Chief Executive Officer, OntarioMD)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Powering the Next Generation of Person-centered e-Health Innovations with Science: Lessons Learned from Innovation Communities 
Canadian Nursing Informatics Association (CNIA) & Ontario Nursing Informatics Group (ONIG)
Nursing Informaticians - Making Connections 


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Monday, june 1, 2015

Concurrent Sessions 

EHRs - Benefit Evaluation
CS02 13:00 - 15:00 Meeting Room 202 CD CS02.1
Electronic Health Records' (EHR) Landscape in Canada: Current State of Adoption, Benefits & Factors Driving Them
Presenter: Sukirtha Tharmalingam
Canada Health Infoway, Toronto, ON
      CS02.2
Telehealth in Manitoba: Realizing the Benefits
Presenter: Johnny Colatruglio
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, MB
      CS02.3
CPOE Adoption Rates Drive Reduced LOS: EPR- delivered Impacts & Benefits
Presenter: Steven H. Shaha
Center for Policy & Public Admnistration & Allscripts
Draper, UT, USA
EMRs - Optimization of EMR Use    
CS9.1 13:30 – 17:00 Meeting Room 202 AB Putting Research into Practice: Driving Optimal Use of EMRs in Manitoba
Presenters:Katie Dyck Manitoba eHealth & Dr. Alexander Singer, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Morgan Price, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
EMRs - Enhancing EMR Benefits
CS11.1 15:30 – 17:00 Meeting Room 206 CD From Data to Dashboards: How BC & Ontario are Collaborating to Leverage Leading Practice to Enhance Physician Practice
Presenters: Jeremy Smith, Doctors of BC, Vancouver, BC
Elizabeth Keller, OntarioMD, Toronto, ON
CS11.3 15:30 – 17:00 Meeting Room 206 CD Inpatient Mortality Reduced Due to Adoption of Evidence-Based Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) & Culture Change Toward Standardized Care
Presenter: Dr. Jeremy Theal, North York General Hospital
Toronto, ON
Chronic Disease Self-Management Experiences 
CS05
CS06
13:30 – 15:00 Meeting Room 205 D CS06.2
Usability Evaluation of Online Personal Health Records in Monitoring & Management of Patients with Type II Diabetes
Presenter: Peyman Azad Khaneghah University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
Sustaining Large Scale Change
CS10 13:30 – 15:00 Meeting Room 203 AB CS10.2
Different Strokes for Different Folks: Creating a Sustainable Training Strategy for 80 Organizations
Presenter: Amelia Hoyt SIMS, University Health Network
Toronto, ON
 CS10.1 13:30 - 15:00  Meeting Room 203 AB CS10.1
Did Our Big Bang Implementation Result in Clinical Transformation?
Presenters: Jane Paterson, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Mary Sanagan, Deloitte Consulting  
Karen Martin, Independent Consultant
Toronto, ON
Engaging the Health Consumer
CSO1 13:30 - 15:00 Meeting Room 206 CD CS01.1
Rant: Patient Self-Documentation: Where is the Research & Clinician Education?
Presenter: Julia Pearson University of Victoria & Vancouver Island Health Authority
Victoria, BC
      CS01.2 
Rant: How to be a Better Doctor by Embracing Consumer Health Devices & Solutions 
Presenter: Dr. Shafiq Qaadri Ontario Provincial Government 
Toronto, ON
CS14 15:30 – 17:00 Meeting Room 201 EF CS14.1
Engaging Patients & Clinicians in the Adoption of Consumer Health Solutions
Presenter: Chad A. Leaver Canada Health Infoway
Toronto, ON
Telehealth - Expanding the Reach
CS15 15:30 – 17:00 Meeting Room 202 CD CS15.1
Transforming Care: Improving Access to Health Services through the Implementation of Store & Forward Technology in Manitoba
Presenter: Johnny Colatruglio Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Winnipeg, MB
      CS15.2 
The mHealth Factor – Wirelessly Enabling Value-Add Applications for Clinical Communications, Equipment Locating & Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) 
Presenter: Cindy Convey Fraser Health Authority 
Surrey, BC 
      CS15.3 
Urban Telehealth – Why Videoconferencing Can Work 
Presenter: Brendan P. Purdy University Health Network 
Toronto, ON
Supporting Care Community
CS17 15:30 – 17:00 Meeting Room 203 CD CS17.1
Use of a Transition Synoptic Report of Clinical Outcomes to Inform Care Between Sectors
Presenter: Lynn M. Nagle University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
 CS01 13:30 – 15:00  Meeting Room 206 CD CS01.3
Rant: Dispelling the Myth of Interprofessional Collaborative Models in Health Informatics
Presenter: Margie Kennedy, Gevity Consulting Inc.
Halifax, NS
Approaches to System Integration
CS18 15:30 – 17:00 Meeting Room 202 AB CS18.2
An Innovative Approach to Integrating Point of Care Systems with EHR Services for Improved Clinical Efficiency & Care Coordination
Presenter: Diane Salois-Swallow Mackenzie Health
Richmond Hill, ON
      CS18.1
A Newfoundland and Labrador Approach to an Integrated Stroke Strategy Through Telestroke
Presenter: Ashley M Tobin Eastern Health
St. John’s, NL
Managing Populations
CS20 15:30 – 17:00 Meeting Room 205 D CS20.1
Population Health Management Tools to Improve Care for Individuals & Populations of Patients
Presenter: Joel Diamond Allscripts Healthcare Solutions
Pittsburgh, PA
Connecting within Regions
CS21 15:30 – 17:00 Meeting Room 205 D CS21.1
The e-Health Portal – Enabling Access to Provincial Health Information Online
Presenter: Andrea McKinney eHealth Ontario
Toronto, ON
      CS21.2
Providing Clinical & Health System Value by Connecting Two Regional Diagnostic Imaging Repositories
Presenters: Sonali Kohli, SIMS, University Health Network
Jason Nagles, HDIRS
Toronto, ON
      CS21.3
Direct Integration of PharmaNet to Enable the Best Possible Medication History
Presenter: MaryLyn Fyfe Island Health
Victoria, BC
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

8:30 AM to 9:30 AM

Plenary Panel  

Moderator: Nadine Henningsen, Executive Director, Canadian Home Care Association

Panelists:

  • John Hirdes, Ontario Home Care Research & Knowledge Exchange & interRAI, Canada
  • Anja Declercq, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
  • Andrew Downes, National interRAI Software Service, New Zealand

concurrent sessions

Nurses' and e-Health
CS25 11:00 – 12:30 Meeting Room 201 EF CS25.3
Putting Evidence into Practice in Home Health Care Using Nursing Order Sets
Presenter: Rita Wilson Registered Nurses Association of Ontario 
Toronto, ON
Patient Access to Health Data
CS26 11:00 – 12:30 Meeting Room 202 AB CS26.1
Implementing a Secure Patient Portal at a Pediatric Hospital
Presenters: W. James King & Jennifer Gillert Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario,
Ottawa ON
      CS26.2
McMaster’s Patient-Centered Health & Wellness Ecosystem
Presenter: Anubha Sant McMaster University 
Hamilton, ON
Indicators of High Performance
CS27 11:00 – 12:30 Meeting Room 202 CD CS27.2
HIMSS Analytics EMRAM Stage 7: Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences First in Canada
Presenter: Sanaz Riahi Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences 
Whitby, ON
Securing Organizational Infrastructure
CS28 11:00 – 12:30 Meeting Room 203 AB CS28.1
Market Analysis and Non-HA Access Framework for BC’s eHealth Viewer – CareConnect
Presenters: Gordana Dulovic & Oliver Thompson Provincial Health Services Authority 
Vancouver, BC
Evaluating Informatics Solutions
CS29 11:00 – 12:30 Meeting Room 205 AB CS29.1
Enhancing Family Medicine Residents’ Performance in Computerized Settings: Development & Pilot Test of Computer-based Simulation Training
Presenters: Aviv Shachak, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Sharon Domb, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 
Toronto, ON
Stakeholder Engagement 
CS33 14:30 – 16:00 Meeting Room 106 CS33.1
Leveraging Information Technology to Improve Care: CCO’s Approach to Population-Based Standardized Symptom Screening
Presenters : Gemma Lee & Wenonah Mahase Cancer Care Ontario 
Toronto, ON
Standards - Data and Beyond
CS34 14:30 – 16:00 Meeting Room 201 AB CS34.3
Surgical Synoptic Reporting Initiative: Connecting users, data and outcomes
Presenters: Shaheena Mukhi, Canadian Institute for Health Information 
Toronto, ON
Chad A. Leaver, Canada Health Infoway 
Toronto, ON
Innovative Uses of Technology
CS36 14:30 – 16:00 Meeting Room 201 EF CS36.1
Managing Healthcare Big Data Using Electronic Content Management (ECM)
Presenter: Jessica Settelmayer
CS22 11:00 – 12:30 Meeting Room 106 CS22.4
Rant: The Primary Care Office of the Future Utilizing the Technology of the Last Decade
Presenter: Dr. Alex Singer University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB
Transforming Data
CS37 14:30 – 16:00 Meeting Room 202 AB CS37.3
Unlocking the Value of EMR Data: Designed by Physicians for Physicians
Presenters: Sarah Hutchison, OntarioMD
Dr. Darren Larsen, Ontario Medical Association
Toronto, ON
Consumer Health Patient Journey
CS38 14:30 – 16:00 Meeting Room 202 CD CS38.2
Implications of Consumer-Driven Health IT for the Future of Health Care Reform
Presenter: Richard Alvarez NexJ Systems Inc
Toronto, ON
Supporting Public Health
CS39 14:30 – 16:00 Meeting Room 203 AB CS39.2
Clinical & Surveillance Informatics for Public Health Transformation
Presenters: Jill Reedijk, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
Vancouver, BC
Karen Hay, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Toronto, ON
Consumer Health
CS40 14:30 – 16:00 Meeting Room 203 CD CS40.1
At What Point Does a Consumer Product Become a Medical Device?
Presenters: Richard W. Hu; Vivametrica
Calgary, AB
Christy Lane Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
      CS40.1
Remote Home-based Monitoring & Coaching Initiative Supports Patient Self-management, Significantly Reduces ED & Inpatient Admissions
Presenters: Dr. Ed Brown & Rhonda Wilson Ontario Telemedicine Network
Toronto, ON
Evaluating e-Health Solutions
CS41 14:30 – 16:00 Meeting Room 205 AB CS41.1
“Extreme Makeover”: A New Look for a Digital Health Evaluation Tool using One Jurisdiction’s Experience
Presenter: Anne F. Baldwin Canada Health Infoway 
Vancouver, BC
      CS41.2
Transitioning to an Electronic Health Record: Optimizing Documentation with Flowsheet Methodology
Presenter: Janet E. Roberts Healthtech Consultants 
Toronto, ON
      CS41.3
Implementing Electronic-Medication Reconciliation (eMED-REC) in a Large Teaching Paediatric Hospital: Approach, Workflow Design, Lessons Learned, Adoption & Compliance Evaluation
Presenters: Carol Chan & Bohdan Sadovy The Hospital for Sick Children 
Toronto, ON
Improving the Quality of Care
CS42 14:30 – 16:00 Meeting Room 206 AB CS42.1
Improving the Quality of Patient Care and Safety in Primary Care Settings through the Use of Clinical Analytics
Presenters: Mark Nenadovic & Alex Mair, Canada Health Infoway
Toronto, ON
Kevin Sampson, East Wellington Family Health Team
Rockwood, ON
      CS42.2
Closing the Gaps in Care: How Information Management/Information Technology is Shaping the Emerging Patient Experience
Presenters: Kamini Milnes; Stephanie Saull-McCaig & Sonali Kohli University Health Network 
Toronto, ON
 
CS22 11:00 – 12:30 Meeting Room 106 CS22.2
Rant: Pragmatic & Pain-free Clinical Interoperability & Standards Compliance
Presenter: Diane E. Gutiw Leidos Health (SAIC)
Regina, SK
      CS22.3
Rant: Randomized Controlled Monitoring of Clinical Decision Support Impact on Clinical Information System Use, User Behavior & Outcomes
Presenter: Dr. Allen Ausford Alberta Health Services
Edmonton, AB
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

concurrent sessions

Governance
CS46 08:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 201 CD CS46.3
Change Management as a Continuum of Discovery
Presenters: Don McIntosh; Beverley Campbell Sierra Systems Group
Calgary, AB
CS56 10:30 – 12:00 Meeting Room 201 CD CS56.1
Sharing Privacy: Developing Policy for Shared Systems Environments
Presenters: Robin Gould-Soil & Natalie Comeau University Health Network
Toronto, ON
Rehab and Recovery Solutions
CS47 08:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 201 EF CS47.2
Intensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Program (IORP): Telehealth Journey
Presenter: Margarita Loyola Island Health
Nanaimo, BC
Leveraging Clinical Data
CS48 08:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 202 AB CS48.1
Creating the Case for Data Standards for Clinicians
Presenters: Peggy White, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Toronto, ON
Kathryn Hannah, Canadian Nurses Association
Ottawa, ON
      CS48.3
Leveraging Clinical Data to Develop a Clinician Scorecard for Pathology Investigations
Presenter: Samuel A. Stewart Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS
Ambulatory Care
CS50 08:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 203 CD CS50.3
Implementing a Shared EDIS: A Tale from Two Hospitals
Presenter: Cindy Bolton Kingston General Hospital
Kingston, ON
Digital Health and Adoption
CS51 08:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 205 AB CS51.1 
Advancing Professional Practice & Care through Digital Health 
Presenters: Maureen M. Charlebois, Canada Health Infoway 
Toronto, ON 
Anne Sutherland Boal, Canadian Nurses Association 
Toronto, ON 
Janet Cooper, Canadian Pharmacists Association 
Ottawa, ON
      CS51.2
LEADing Practices: Digital Health for Creating Connections & Enabling Person-Centered Care
Presenter: Valerie Leung Canada Health Infoway
Toronto, ON
Regional Patient Centered Approaches
CS52 08:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 205 D CS52.1
Primary Care Data Collection: Overcoming Challenges & Key Drivers for Success in Manitoba
Presenters: Gillian F. Brennan, Manitoba eHealth 
Winnipeg, MB
Barbara Wasilewski, Manitoba Health, Healthy Living and Seniors 
Winnipeg, MB
      CS52.3
Improve Safety & Efficiency with Access to Patient Information Across Transitions of Care
Presenter: Debra L. Hutchinson Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant e-Health Office 
Hamilton, ON
EMR - Implementation Outcomes
CS53 08:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 206 AB CS53.3
The Effect of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Implementation on Communication Between Pharmacists & Clinicians
Presenter: Dr. Alex Singer University of Manitoba 
Winnipeg, MB
Innovative Technology Initiatives
CS55 10:30 – 12:00 Meeting Room 201 AB CS55.1
Hacking Health: Supporting Health Care Innovation from the Ground Up
Presenter: Alex Lee eHealthCareers 
Kitchener, ON
Analytics - Patient Impact
CS57 10:30 – 12:00 Meeting Room 201 EF CS57.2
Deploying the Latest Analytics Technologies to Automate the Global Trigger Tool (GTT) to Improve Patient Safety
Presenter: Ed Percy CGI, Manchester 
United Kingdom
e-Referrals: Standards and Practices
CS58 10:30 – 12:00 Meeting Room 202 AB CS58.1
Show Me the Benefits: Clinicians Informing the eConsult Service for Ontario
Presenter: Beth Cowper-Fung Nurse Practitioners’ Association of Ontario 
Toronto, ON
      CS58.3
Translating Strategy into Tactics: implementation of Provincial Referral Standards in Toronto Central LHIN
Presenter: Iti Bansal SIMS, University Health Network 
Toronto, ON
Patient Outcome
CS59 10:30 – 12:00 Meeting Room 202 CD CS59.1
Interactive Computer-assisted Client Survey (iCASS) for Common Mental Disorders: A Pilot in Community Health Center Serving Vulnerable Communities
Presenter: Farah Ahmad York University 
Toronto, ON
      CS59.3
Transforming Lung Cancer Care Delivery – A End to End Multi Disciplinary Clinical Engagement
Presenter: Michael Fung-Kee-Fung The Ottawa Hospital 
Ottawa, ON
      CS60.3
A Business Case Analysis of Bedside Electronic Vital Sign Equipment & the Implementation of e-Vitals Across an Academic Health Science Centre
Presenter: Glen Geiger The Ottawa Hospital 
Ottawa, ON
Connecting Regions
CS62 10:30 – 12:00 Meeting Room 205 AB CS62.1
Connecting GTA – Closing Gaps in Clinical Care for Ontarians
Presenters: Dr. Peter Rossos & David Daien University Health Network 
Toronto, ON
      CS62.2
Implementation & Adoption: How to Ensure Sustained Adoption of Regional e-Health Initiatives?
Presenters: Vizarath Ali & Melissa Chang University Health Network 
Toronto, ON
      CS62.3
Engaging Clinicians to Connect Clinicians: connecting South West Ontario (cSWO) – A model for Implementing Regional Electronic Health Solutions
Presenter: Andrea McKinney eHealth Ontario
Toronto, ON
Empowering Consumers
CS63 10:30 – 12:00 Meeting Room 206 AB CS63.1
Empowering Consumers to Bridge their Clinical & “Extra-Clinical” Data Worlds
Presenters (All from Toronto, ON): Zayna Khayat, MaRS Discovery District
Lydia Lee; University Health Network
Gary Baksi, NexJ Health Systems
Sarah Sharpe, QoC Health
Wael Hassan, PhD
      CS63.2
Patient e-booking: Practice Perspectives on the Benefits, Challenges & Lessons Learned
Presenter: Cassandra Frazer Canada Health Infoway 
Toronto, ON