eHealth
Mobile Technology:
Integrating Prevention and Healthcare
Thursday, January 19, 2012 Time: 3:00pm –
4:00pm Location: HNES 402
Abstract: This presentation will describe
an eHealth model of prevention and care that can transform and sustain
our healthcare system and keep more people healthy. The Connected Wellness
Platform is a cloud-based software system that helps health professionals,
informal care-givers and people/patients manage their health and wellness.
The Platform will underpin development of a new health profession, the
‘Health Coach’. York University has initiated development of the required
curriculum to support this emerging profession. The mandate of the Health
Coach is to facilitate self-management and care for patients with chronic
disease, to reduce associated hospital admissions and unnecessary physician
contact. A related dimension is supporting wellness, with an initial focus
on first year university and college students. Dr. Harvey Skinner will
review major challenges for building sustainable prevention and healthcare
systems, will describe an integrated ‘cloud computing’ eHealth solution:
the Connected Wellness Platform including a mobile eHealthCoach, and will
discuss opportunities for integrated solution that span health promotion,
prevention and healthcare.
Biography: Dr. Harvey Skinner, a psychologist,
is the inaugural Dean of the Faculty of Health at York University. Dr.
Skinner has broad experience in behavior change at individual, organizational
and systems levels. He is the author or co-author of 7 books and over 150
articles and chapters. Dr. Skinner was one of the first to focus on linking
behavior change, organizational improvement and information technology
(e-health), described in his book Promoting Health Through Organizational
Change (2002). Dr. Skinner has been a pioneer in the use of computer
technology for health assessment, and was one of the first to initiate
a major program of research using the Internet for eHealth promotion. The
TeenNet and Global Youth Voices program has created innovative websites
for engaging youth in health promotion, including smoking prevention, gambling
education, and youth action projects. Dr. Skinner has a special interest
in global health. Currently, he is Chair of the Board of the Canada International
Scientific Exchange Program (CISEPO) leading peacebuilding initiatives
in the Middle East. Also, he serves on the Board of the Canadian Association
for People-Centred Health, and is a member of the Canadian Coalition for
Public Health in the 21st Century,
and the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research. He has served as
an expert advisor to the World Health Organization, U.S. Institute of Medicine,
U.S. National Institutes of Health.
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