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Guest Editorial - Are we coming of age … really?
David M. Wattling, Chair, CHITTA, the Healthcare Division of ITAC, Managing Partner, Courtyard Group, Toronto, Ontario
The theme of Mr. Wattling’s editorial is that “Coming of age” is not a point in time event, like the awards galas in November, but rather a state of mind in the industry; a state of professionalism in all things we do, and - most importantly - consistency over time. 

Health Informatics Awards – Review
A pictorial review of a night to remember!

Questions Regarding Competency
Dominic Covvey, Professor and Director, Waterloo Institute for Health Informatics Research, University of Waterloo
With the publication of Health Informatics Professional Core Competencies, Version 1.0, (November 14, 2007) COACH has begun an important initiative. Covvey believes that the document deserves careful attention, critical reading, and thoughtful feedback and points out some areas that bear review.

COACH Column - Community
Shelagh Maloney,  President, COACH: Canada’s Health Informatics Association, Executive Director, External Liaison for Canada Health Infoway, Toronto, ON
The Canadian Health Informatics Awards (CHIA) Gala held November 15, 2007, represented a wonderful opportunity to recognize our industry leaders; perhaps more importantly it provides us all with an opportunity to reflect on the strides that we have made as individuals, as organizations and as a community.

CHITTA Column – Meeting the Inter-operability, Standards and Integration Challenges –Are We There Yet?
Gio Vatieri, Chair, CHITTA Standards and Inter-Operability Committee, Partner, Healthcare Business Consulting Services, IBM Canada Ltd, Ottawa, ON
No, but that isn’t going to stop us from trying! One would think that with an unclear destination, differing stakeholder needs, the inconsistency of available tools & capabilities, and constantly changing environments that the challenge is insurmountable, Mr. Vatieri thinks otherwise.

What you need to know to be HIP – a Health Informatics Professional
Don Newsham, Chief Executive Officer of COACH: Canada’s Health Informatics Association and
Alison Gardner, Program Director, COACH: Canada’s Health Informatics Association.
Mr. Newsham and Ms. Gardiner summarize the outcomes of the recent COACH Executive Forum, “Recruiting and Retaining Health Informatics Professionals: What You Need to Know and Do”, which together with the launch of COACH’s new Health Informatics Professional Core Competencies are seen to be keystone foundational steps for advancing HI as a profession.

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 – Power to the Consumer
Michael Martineau, Director, Branham Group Inc, Ottawa, ON
Michael contends that the Healthvault launch by Microsoft will have as similar an impact on the consumer eHealth market as Sputnik did on the space race. He believes that the result of using this technology will be a rich and diverse collection of health and wellness applications using Healthvault to store personal health information. He supports his prediction persuasively with both Healthvault’s pros and cons

COACH Leadership in the field of Health Informatics Award
Jean Huot, Chief Information Officer, McGill University Health Centre, Director, Technologies, Montreal University Health Centre, Executive Director, Syscor

CHITTA Company of the Year Award
Accenture, Toronto, ON