News and events
News
- June 12, 2014 - Several new publications added
- December 15, 2013 - eHealth Benefits Evaluation Knowledge Translation Community project complete
- October 23, 2013 - Developing a medication communication framework across continuums of care using the circle of care modeling approach - Published in BMC Health Services Research
- August 14, 2013 – Provider connectedness and communication patterns: extending continuity of care in the context of the circle of care – Published in BMC Health Services Research
- July 12, 2013 - Adopting electronic medical records – Are they just electronic paper records? – Published in Canadian Family Physician
- Spring 2013 - Toward a population-based approach to end-of-life care surveillance in Canada: initial efforts and lessons – Published in the Journal of Palliative Care
- March 21, 2013 – We are pleased to announce that we are extending the operation of the eHealth Benefits Evaluation Knowledge Translation Community, offering more web-based KT sessions beginning in late April
- February 28, 2013 – Research Award – Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Award granted for knowledge translation project on end-of-life care practices for the elderly in primary care
- February 23, 2013 - Five papers by eHealth Observatory team members published in Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
- February 15, 2013 – Measuring value for money: a scoping review on economic evaluation of health information systems – Published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
- July 30, 2012 - Perceived impact of electronic medical records in physician office practices: a review of survey-based research - Published in the interactive Journal of Medical Research
- July 13, 2012 - Defining and evaluating electronic medical record data quality within the Canadian context - Published in ElectronicHealthcare
- June 4, 2012 - eHealth Benefits Evaluation Knowledge Translation Community - New research project to establish a virtual community to increase capacity in eHealth benefits evaluation
- May 16, 2012 – Benefits Evaluation Indicators Technical Report Version 2.0 released by Canada Health Infoway
- February 24, 2012 - Impact of electronic medical record on physician practice in office settings: a systematic review - Published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
- February 21, 2011 - EMR Evaluation Toolkit v3.0 - New versions of the EMR evaluation tools have been posted to the web site.
- February 1, 2011 - From benefits evaluation to clinical adoption – Making sense of health information system success - Published in Healthcare Quarterly
- October 26, 2010 - A Review on Systematic Reviews of Health Information System Studies - Published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
- September 30, 2010 - Study Completed - A collaborative project between a team of health informatics researchers at the University of Victoria and a physician community of practices was completed to formatively evaluate the effects of EMR deployment on physician offices.
- July 6, 2010 - EMR Evaluation Toolkit v2.0 - New versions of the EMR evaluation tools have been posted to the web site.
- May 30, 2010 - Use of Information Technology in Medication Reconciliation: A Scoping Review - Published in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy
- May 20th, 2009 - Research Award - Joint news release issued with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (CIHR-IHSPR).
Events
- May 15-16, 2014 - Queen's Health Policy Change Conference Series - Panel discussion
- May 12-14, 2014 - 11th Annual Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research Conference (CAHSPR 2014) - Presented two posters
- September 25-26, 2013 – Presented at the TVN Scientific Meeting
- June 26-28, 2013 – 16th International Symposium on Health Information Management Research (ISHIMR 2013) – eHealth Observatory team members presented
- May 26-29, 2013 – eHealth 2013 Conference – Presented concurrent session presentation
- Feburary 21-23, 2013 - ITCH 2013 Conference - eHealth Observatory team members presented a few papers (see presentations)
- November 28-30, 2012 - Infoway 2012 Fall Partnership Conference - presented on the eHealth Benefits Evaluation KT Community
- May 27-30, 2012 - eHealth 2012 Conference - Presented concurrent session presentation
- May 29-31, 2012 - 2012 Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research Conference - Presented panel presentation and concurrent session presentation
- May 29-June 1, 2011 - eHealth 2011 Conference - Presented Preconference Workshop #1 - Effective, Practical Approaches to HIS Evaluation
- February 24, 2011 - ITCH 2011 Conference - Presented Workshop: Promoting Good Practices for Primary Health Care Electronic Medical Record Systems
- June 29, 2010 - 10th International Health Care Conference - Presented Clinical Transformation Enabled by IT
- May 30-June 2, 2010 - eHealth 2010 Conference - Presented Preconference Workshop #2 – From Benefits Evaluation to Clinical Adoption: An Overview of Concepts, Methods/Tools and Case Studies and Preconference Workshop #6 - Evaluation Approaches for Physician Office Electronic Medical Record Systems
- May 17-29, 2010 - HINF 552 MSc Workshop - Presented Rapid Response Evaluation for Physician Office Electronic Medical Records
- January 28th, 2010 - Manitoba eHealth Meeting - Presented an eHealth Observatory Overview
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