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Editorial – Does Anyone Have Julian Assange’s Phone Number?
Elaine S. Huesing, Editor/Publisher, HIM&CC, Vernon, BC

COACH Column – Benefits Realization: The Key to Conveying Meaningful Impact
Lydia Lee, President, COACH: Canada’s Health Informatics Association, Toronto, ON

ITAC Health Column – Northern Exposure… A Close Encounter with the Canadian Healthcare System
Brendan Seaton, President, ITAC Health, Toronto, ON

Did You Know?... Improved Patient Outcomes through Meaningful Use of EMR’s by Ontario Physicians …

EMR Standards: Part II – A Path Forward
Marc Koehn, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Gordon Point Informatics Ltd., Victoria, BC
Gavin Tong, MBA, Standards and Interoperability Editor, HIM&CC and Director, Gordon Point Informatics Ltd., Toronto, ON

A COACH Focus on Resource Capacity Issues and Near-Term Solutions
Jackie Charko, Co -Chair of the COACH: Canada’s Health Informatics HIP Resources Task Force, Director of Professional Services Project Management Office (PMO), Talent Management, SIMS, University Health Network, Toronto, ON
Vishal Ratti, Co-Chair of the COACH: Canada’s Health Informatics HIP Resources Task Force, Partner, Accenture’s Healthcare Practice, Toronto, ON

IT Systems and Patient Safety – Contracting and Governance
Michael Whitt, QC, Legal Editor, HIM&CC and Partner and Co-Chair, IT Practice Group, Bennett Jones LLP, Calgary, AB
Martin Kratz, QC, Partner and Chair, Intellectual Property Practice Group, Bennett Jones LLP, Calgary, AB

eHealth in sub-Saharan Africa – Canadian Involvement Helps Launch a new Health Informatics Research Centre
Derek Ritz, President, eGroup Inc., Ancaster, ON

The HIP Competency Framework: Applications to Improve Health Informatics Education and Professionalism in Canada and Internationally
Andre Kushniruk, COACH Board of Directors, Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

Successful Partnerships in Action – York Central and Salumatics Coding Partnership Ensures On-Time ERNI Data Submission

Case Study: Access Control at Bates County Memorial Hospital is in the Palm of Employees’ Hands
Vic Herring, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Advanced Technology Group, Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA

The Need for Competition between Hospitals
Chris Sherback, President & CEO, Ormed Information Systems, Edmonton, AB

Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
Victoria Aceti, Research Assistant, Health Informatics Institute (Algoma University), Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Achieving Presence in Cyberspace
H. Dominic Covvey, Associate Editor, HIM&CC and Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Waterloo, and President and Director, National Institutes of Health Informatics (NIHI), and Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Waterloo, ON

Last Words – Walking the Talk
Michael Martineau, “Last Words” Commentator, HIM&CC and Founder & President, Avenant, Inc., Ottawa, ON.

COACH “2010 Leadership in Health Informatics Award”
Francis Lau

COACH “2010 Community-Based Physician Leader/Innovator Award”
Dr. Jeremy Theal

ITAC Health “ 2010 Company of the Year Award”
GE Healthcare IT

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