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Steven A.Huesing, Editor/Publisher
Don Newsham, President, COACH:Canada's Health Informatics Association
Canadian Health Practice Lead, Sierra Systems Group, Calgary, AB
Mr.Newsham asks the question: "Am I doing all the right things where I have personal responsibility to lead?" The reactive response to various emergency circumstances is usually where leadership is most noticed, yet proactive planning and preparedness is where a greater responsibility of leadership lies.
David Wattling, Chair, Canadian Healthcare Information Technology Trade Association Managing Partner, Courtyard Group, Toronto, ON
Mr.Wattling proposes that we should leverage our investment in eHealth to something more than the installation of eHealth systems to improve our healthcare system and ultimately the health of Canadians - something to improve the health of our economy.
WAYNE MILLS - Vice President and CIO, Trillium Health Centre, Mississauga, ON
Mr. Mills describes the overall concepts inherent in an alliance created for the purpose of "Transforming Healthcare into Integrated Networks of Knowledge"; a comprehensive collaboration between Trillium, an industry consortium, and, more importantly, the community that Trillium serves.
Elizabeth. M.Borycki, Assistant Professor, School of Health Information Science and School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Dr. Borycki reports on a colloquium held at the University of Victoria "Reflections and Realities: How Much Impact Has Our Health/Medical Informatics Research Had on Our Health Care Systems?" to honour the life and achievements of Prof. Dr. Jochen Moehr on the advent of his retirement.
Dr. Doreen Neville, Associate Professor, Health Policy and Health Care Delivery, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St.John's, NL
Researchers in Newfoundland and Labrador have developed a proposed framework for evaluating EHRs that measures the impact of this emerging technology and facilitates knowledge transfer. Dr Neville discusses the value and need for a standardized approach to the assessment of EHR initiatives and a national inventory of evaluation protocols, instruments, and evidence.
Michael Martineau, Director, Branham Group Inc., Ottawa, ON
Michael reports on and recounts his experiences in attending the inaugural Health Informatics bootcamp hosted by the Waterloo Institute of Health Informatics Research. The bootcamp it is designed to provide a high level overview and to serve as an entry point for those interested in pursuing a career in health informatics.
DR. KATHRYN J. HANNAH - Health Informatics Advisor, Canadian Nurses Association, Calgary, AB
In this comprehensive article, Dr.Hannah, an internationally acknowledged pioneer and expert in nursing and health informatics provides a thorough overview of Nursing's roles and responsibilities in Canada's health informatics environment. Within a historical context leading to the Canadian status quo, she candidly describes the challenges, barriers and opportunities that the Canadian nursing community faces and the Informatics community as a whole needs to address.
WILLIAM PASCAL - CTO, Canadian Medical Association, Ottawa, ON
MICHAEL MARTINEAU - Director, Branham Group Inc., Ottawa, ON
DR. ALAN FRANK - Chief Techniques Officer, Advenant Inc, Ottawa, ON
This is the last of a three-part series of articles dealing with change leadership. The 1st article discussed the differences between leadership and management of the change process, the 2nd reviewed change leadership tools; this final article looks at the readiness of the organization to change.
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