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Editorial – A Pivotal Era?
Steven A. Huesing, Editor/Publisher
Does 2008 mark the beginnings of a Pivotal Era? Mr. Huesing explores the urgency of demonstrating the value of eHealth and the transitions he believes we need to initiate.

Identity Fraud in Health Care: How big is the threat and are we doing enough?
Neil Stuart, Partner, Health Care Consulting Practice, IBM Global Business Services
Paul K. Wing, Executive Consultant Security, Information Risk and Privacy Services, IBM Global Technology Services.
Nigel Brown, Managing Consultant of the Security, Identity and Privacy Practice, IBM Global Technology Services
We are investing billions of dollars in getting the health information of Canadians into electronic health records. Should we be paying more attention to the risks that will come with these changes?  This article explores the nature of risks around medical information and the EHR and reviews how we are addressing these risks.

eHealth 2008 – Extending the Reach - Preview

What is “The Industry”?
Brendan Seaton, President of CHITTA, the Healthcare Division of ITAC
As the newly-appointed President of CHITTA, Mr. Seaton’s first column looks at the Healthcare industry from a panoramic perspective. He articulates his thoughts on the primary task at hand - demonstrating that ICTs bring real value to health care providers and their patients.

Making the Transition to Digital Pathology
Andrew J. Evans, M.D., Staff Pathologist and Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital
Many healthcare organizations grapple with the issue of providing more effective and scalable pathology solutions to hospitals lacking on-site pathologists.  Dr. Evans’ article describes the digital pathology environment at UHN that offers a practical alternative to traditional microscopy.

Managing Innovation
H. Dominic Covvey, Associate Editor, Professor and Director of the Waterloo Institute for Health Informatics Research at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
Mr. Covvey discusses project management in general and specifically as it relates to innovation projects. He believes that if we really want to have successful projects that are truly innovative, more of the same won’t cut the mustard. He prescribes a number of messages for our reflection.

COACH Column - Marketing 101 and the EHR
Shelagh Maloney, President, COACH: Canada’s Health Informatics Association, Executive Director, External Liaison for Canada Health Infoway, Toronto, ON
We all sometimes reflect on the seemingly glacial pace of change, revisiting decisions that have already been made, or needing to ‘sell’ the EHR – yet again. Is there is anything that we can do to speed it up? Ms. Maloney hypothecates on what might happen if Canada hired a marketing guru and image consultant to help us in our journey toward the EHR. What if we applied Marketing 101 rules and methodology to e-health?  How significant would the changes be?

We know we’re in trouble when cloning looks like the only answer...
David Wattling, Associate Editor, Managing Partner, Courtyard Group, Toronto, ON
We in healthcare informatics are rapidly becoming constrained by the availability of skilled workers to plan, manage or deploy new technologies. It signals a root problem in the industry.  It has become a severe rate-limiting step in the deployment of the myriad components that make up the EHR, the related process improvement and hence the sustainability of our health system.

FYI – Wisdom is knowing what you don’t know
A new section in the magazine, this apparently random collection of national and international information is intended to keep our long-term thinking out-of-the box.

LAST WORDS – The Year Ahead
Michael Martineau, Chief Operating Officer of MED2020 Health Care Software Inc., Orleans, Ontario
Fully aware of the risks involved, Mr. Martineau has assumed the role of an eHealth futurist He shares both bold and less than bold predictions for 2008 with respect to major attributes of Canada’s eHealth agenda.


COACH “Innovation in the Adoption of Health Informatics Award”
The Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Surveillance System
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Calgary Health Region

CHITTA “Project Implementation Team of the Year Award”
Initiate Systems Inc. and the Saskatchewan Client Registry