Initiatives
Presentations
This page contains a list of some of the knowledge translation activities (presentations, demonstrations, etc.) performed by the eHealth Observatory staff:
| Date | Title | Description |
| 2014/05/15 - 2014/05/16 |
Panel Discussion: Building the Pillars of a Canadian Healthcare Strategy – Electronic Health Records | A panel discussion at the Queen's Health Policy Change Conference Series. (Panel member: Dr. Francis Lau) |
| 2014/05/12 - 2014/05/15 |
Implementing an EMR-supported EOL Care Module for Primary Care Physicians | A poster presentation on the end-of-life care knowledge translation project funded by Tech Value Net. (Presented by Jesdeep Bassi at CAHSPR 2014). |
| 2014/05/12 - 2014/05/15 |
Making Sense of eHealth Investments and their Policy Implications in Canada | A poster presentation on the eHealth Value Framework. (Presented by Jesdeep Bassi at CAHSPR 2014). |
| 2013/06/28 | The Case Study Research Method: Overview and Proposed Guidelines for Reporting and Evaluation Illustrated with Health Informatics Case Studies | A presentation on the case study research method, including a set of proposed guidelines for reporting and evaluation of case studies. The use of these guidelines were illustrated using primary care health care informatics. (Presented by Julie Kim at ISHIMR 2013). Selected as a top paper at the conference. |
| 2013/06/27 | Examining the Current State of eHealth Benefits Evaluation - Views of a Virtual Community | A poster presentation on preliminary views on eHealth Benefits Evaluation from the KT Community. (Presented by Jesdeep Bassi at ISHIMR 2013) |
| 2013/06/02 | A Knowledge Translation Project on Benchmark End-of-life Care Practices for the Elderly in Primary Care | A project overview presented by Dr. Doris Barwich on the knowledge translation project for EOL care, co-led by Dr. Francis Lau. Presented at the 8th Annual FH Research Week. |
| 2013/02/23 | Usability Inspection to Improve an Electronic Provincial Medication Repository Paper Abstract |
A concurrent session presentation on the usability of an electronic provincial medication repository (presented by Dr. Nicole Kitson at the ITCH 2013 Conference). |
| 2013/02/23 | Developing a Multivariate Electronic Medical Record Integration Model for Primary Health Care Paper Abstract |
A concurrent session presentation on the development of an EMR integration model for primary care. (Presented by Dr. Francis Lau and Dr. Mary Lesperance at the ITCH 2013 Conference) |
| 2013/02/22 | Knowledge Translation in eHealth: Building a Virtual Community Paper Abstract |
A concurrent session presentation on virtual communities for knowledge translation, highlighting the eHealth Benefits Evaluation KT Community. (Presented by Jesdeep Bassi at the ITCH 2013 Conference) |
| 2013/02/22 | Applying the Clinical Adoption Framework to Evaluate the Impact of an Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record Paper Abstract |
A concurrent session presentation on the application of the CA Framework to evaluate the impact of a recently deployed EMR. (Presented by Colin Partridge at the ITCH 2013 Conference) |
| 2013/02/22 | Complex Interventions in Healthcare and Health Informatics: A Scoping Review Paper Abstract |
A concurrent session presentation on a scoping review done to identify attributes of and logistical considerations for complex interventions in healthcare. (Presented by Julie Kim at the ITCH 2013 Conference) |
| 2012/11/29 | Increasing the Collective Knowledge in eHealth Benefits Evaluation to Facilitate Progress Abstract |
A presentation on the creation of the eHealth Benefits Evaluation KT Community. (Presented by Jesdeep Bassi at the 2012 Fall Infoway Partnership Conference) |
| 2012/05/30 | Making Sense of Electronic Medical Record Adoption as Complex Interventions in Primary Health Care Abstract (.pdf, 187 KB) |
A panel presentation on EMR adoption as complex interventions in primary health care. (Presented by Dr. Francis Lau, Dr. Lynne Nemeth, and Julie Kim at the 2012 Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research Conference) |
| 2012/05/30 | Toward a Population-based Approach in End-of-life Care Surveillance (.pdf, 462 KB) Abstract (.pdf, 179 KB)
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A presentation on a project to improve the quality/use of existing electronic data sources to better understand terminally ill cancer patients in their final year of life with non-cancer as comparison. (Presented by Dr. Francis Lau at the 2012 Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research Conference) |
| 2012/05/30 | A concurrent session presentation introducing a scoping review on economic evaluations done in the context of health information systems. (Presented by Jesdeep Bassi and Gurprit Randhawa at the 2012 eHealth Conference) | |
| 2011/05/29 - 2011/05/01 | Assessing the Perceived Impact of EMR Systems on Physician Office Practice: A Review of Survey-based Research (.pdf, 459 KB) | An introduction to a systematic review of survey-based papers looking at the perceived impact of EMRs in physician-office practices. (Presented by Jesdeep Bassi and Dr. Francis Lau at the 2011 eHealth Conference Poster Exhibition, selected as one of the top 3 posters.) |
| 2011/05/29 | Effective, Practical Approaches to HIS Evaluation (.pdf, 813 KB) Case Study: Patient Portal Benefits Evaluation Plan (.pdf, 766 KB) |
The workshop introduced frameworks, approaches and methods for HIS evaluation as well as tools and use cases. (Presented by Dr. Francis Lau and Dr. Morgan Price at the 2011 eHealth Conference) |
| 2010/11/16 | Lessons from SNOMED CT studies by the University of Victoria health terminology group (.pdf, 416 KB) | Presentation at the Infoway Standards Collaborative Fall 2010 Partnership Conference in Vancouver, B.C. by Dr. Francis Lau and Dennis Lee. |
| 2010/09/14 | Monitoring the Effects of health information systems (.pdf, 477 KB) | Presentation at the 13th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MedInfo 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa by C. Nohr, A. Faxvaag, and Dr. Francis Lau. |
| 2010/06/29 | Clinical Transformation Enabled by Information Technology (.pdf, 331KB) | Presentation to panel on clinical transformation enabled by IT. (Presented by Dr. Francis Lau at the 10th International Health Care Conference.) |
| 2010/06/22 | Rapid Response Evaluation for Physician Office Electronic Medical Records (.pdf, 3.23MB) | Presentation of EMR Evaluation Methods to the Infoway Clinical Adoption Team by Dr. Francis Lau and Dr. Morgan Price. |
| 2010/05/31 - 2010/06/02 |
Electronic Prescribing - Workflow Modeling and Analysis Method (.pdf, 324KB) Poster handout (.pdf, 209KB) |
An overview of the generic ePrescribing workflow and evaluation tools from the RREM. (Presented by Jesdeep Bassi and Dr. Colin Partridge at the 2010 eHealth Conference Poster Exhibition.) |
| 2010/05/31 - 2010/06/02 |
Improving Interdisciplinary Continuity of Care for End of Life Patients (.pdf, 300KB) | Poster presentation by Dr. Morgan Price and Dr. Francis Lau (presented at the 2010 eHealth Conference Poster Exhibition) |
| 2010/05/30 | Evaluation Approaches for Physician Office Electronic Medical Record Systems (.pdf, 4.31MB) | The workshop provided an overview of the current evidence on physician office EMR systems. It also provided a set of evaluation approaches that will help to both evaluate and support end users in maximizing EMR adoption. (Presented by Dr. Francis Lau and Dr. Morgan Price at the 2010 eHealth Conference) |
| 2010/05/30 | From Benefits Evaluation to Clinical Adoption: An Overview of Concepts, Methods/Tools and Case Studies (.pdf, 1.61MB) |
The workshop provided an overview of the concepts, methods/tools, case studies and group exercise related to the implementation and evaluation of HIS in healthcare organizations. (Presented by Dr. Francis Lau at the 2010 eHealth Conference) |
2010/05/17 |
Rapid Response Evaluation for Physician Office Electronic Medical Records (.pdf, 4.42MB) | Presentation on evaluation approaches for physician office EMRs. (Presented by Dr. Morgan Price in the HINF 552 workshop course for Health Informatics MSc. students at the University of Victoria.) |
2010/02/22 |
Circle of Care Modeling (.pdf, 340KB) | An approach to patient-centric modeling of the healthcare system, which can be used to seek improvements in care (as presented by Dr. Morgan Price at the CIHR Primary Care Summit). |
| 2010/02/22 | eHealth Observatory Overview (.pdf, 566KB) | An overview presentation of the eHealth Observatory's: purpose, methods, initiatives, and experiences (as presented by Dr. Francis Lau) |
| 2009/21/10 | SNOMED CT Overview of International Adoption and Implementation Efforts | Presentation to the Health Informatics Team at the University Health Network by Dr. Francis Lau and Dennis Lee. |
| 2009/12/01 | UVic's eHealth Observatory - An Overview | Presentation to the Manitoba Health Informatics Interest Group by Dr. Francis Lau and Dr. Morgan Price. |
| 2009/11/17 | Clinical Adoption: Extending the Infoway Benefits Evaluation Framework | Presentation based on a discussion paper. Co-presented by Dr. Francis Lau. |
| 2009/11/03 | Clinical Adoption Framework | Presentation at the Infoway Clinical Adoption Forum by Dr. Francis Lau |
| 2009/10/20 - 2009/10/21 |
“Status of the design and development of a common data set for HPEOL care”, and “Using audience response keypads to enhance learning in the use of prognostic tools in palliative care” | Workshops co-presented by Dr. Francis Lau at the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association annual conference. |
| 2009/05/31 | Review of Health Information System Evaluation Methodologies | This workshop reviewed the different evaluation methodologies that can be used to examine the implementation, use and impact of HIS in healthcare organizations. (Co-presented by Dr. Francis Lau at the 2009 eHealth Conference) |
| 2009/02/17 – 2009/02/18 |
Extending the Infoway Benefits Evaluation Framework | Presentation at the ITCH Conference 2009 by Dr. Francis Lau. |
News and events
- Publications, presentations, and projects sections of website updated
- Paper published in International Journal of Health Information Management Research (2014)
- Paper published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (2014)
- Presented at Queen’s Health Policy Change Conference Series (May 15-16, 2014)
- Presented at CAHSPR 2014 Conference (May 12-14, 2014)
- Paper published in Healthcare Quarterly (2014)
- Paper published in Journal of American Medical Informatics Association (2014)
