Advances in Health Informatics Conference - York University April 25-27, 2012

1. The Advances in Health Informatics Conference is only weeks away (Shulich School of Business, York University; April 25 – 27, 2012). This is a peer-reviewed, international conference with people coming from around the world to attend. Several papers will be given by York faculty and students.

2. The theme of the conference is “Integrated Diagnostics and Integrated Care Delivery” but there are key sessions devoted to Health IT/eHealth. The conference includes a built-in workshop on “Transforming Health Care: The Evidence, Pragmatism and Politics” with Brian Haynes (McMaster), Will Falk (UToronto) and Bill Pascal (CMA).

3. Students are encouraged to attend. There are very reasonable student rates. See: Registration Options.

4. There is also a pre-conference workshop on “Teams of Leaders” – how you build leadership in a team Healthcare environment.

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Please join us!

Integrated Diagnostics and Integrated Care Delivery

Advances in Health Informatics Conference
April 25-27, 2012
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://ahic.nihi.ca

Program at a Glance
Register at: http://ahic.nihi.ca

The Advances in Health Informatics Conference is a few weeks away! Please join us onsite or by the web. Please take this opportunity to participate, learn and network at a conference with world-renown speakers on the latest HI & eHealth advances.

AHIC 2012 addresses the crucial topic of integrated diagnostics and integrated clinical care delivery, the fusion of information and knowledge at the point of care.

Hear Dr. Dave Williams – Canada’s astronaut MD! Participate in the conference workshop on transforming health care in today’s political and economic environment,. Learn about the latest in HI and eHealth. Join the special sessions on EMRs, integrated diagnostics and integrated care delivery, and innovations in home and long term care, and new approaches in eProducts and eServices. Upgrade your knowledge in one of the 3 pre-conference workshops, including a one-day version of the HI Bootcamp, leadership in a team environment and integrated diagnostics.

Web Registration Options: You can register to attend by the web: 1) the conference 2) the Integrated Diagnostics Workshop 3) both.
See: http://ahic.nihi.ca.

We hope to see you at AHIC 2012!

Keynote Addresses and Speakers

Transforming the Future of Health Care with Health Informatics
Dave Williams, MD, PhD
CEO and President, Southlake Regional Heath Centre

Integrated Diagnostics and Integrated Care Delivery
Bruce Friedman, MD
Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan Medical School

Digital Pathology Technology with a Close Look at Image-Based Decision Support
Ulysses Balis, MD
Associate Professor and Director, Division of Pathology Informatics, University of Michigan Health System

Networking for Excellence
Sylvia Asa, MD, PhD
Pathologist-in-Chief and Medical Director, Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network
Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto

Redefining Value and Success with Smarter Analytics
Dan Gordon, PhD
IBM Global Healthcare Centre of Competence

Aditya Pai, MSc, MBA
IBM Global Business Services

Built-in Conference Workshop

Transforming Health Care: Evidence, Pragmatism and Politics
This conference workshop will focus on the potential that eHealth capabilities have to significantly increase the productivity of the health system at a time when funding has become highly restrained.

Workshop Leaders
William (Bill) J. Pascal, Chief Information Officer, CMA (Chair)
Will Falk, Independent Advisor and Adjunct Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
R. Brian Haynes, OC, MD, MSc, PhD, Professor, McMaster University

Pre-Conference Workshops

1) Teams of Leaders Workshop: Improving Stakeholder Cooperation & Collaboration
2) HI 101 - Mini-Bootcamp
3) Integrated Diagnostics Workshop (on-site and webcast)

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Website: www.nihi.ca
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