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Category: conferences & conventions

  • OHA Health Achieve 2007 – thoughts from day 3 (final day)

    After an eventful and interesting day 1 and day 2, the final day of the OHA Health Achieve convention drew to a close today. Keynote Address: Queen Noor of Jordan I’m not exactly sure why, but I was looking forward to this address by Queen Noor of Jordan. Her session was titled “Philanthropy in the…

  • OHA Health Achieve 2007 – thoughts from day 2

    Wow. What an exciting day. Yesterday on day 1, I heard Colin Powell speak about leadership at the opening address. Today, I stayed for the entire day and attended both the morning and afternoon sessions. Morning Session – “Innovation and all that Jazz” by Wynton Marsalis Originally, I wasn’t sure if I was going to…

  • OHA Health Achieve 2007 – thoughts from day 1

    Just got back from day 1 of the OHA Health Achieve 2007 convention held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto. The motto for this year is “inspiring ideas & innovations”. As with each year, the OHA organizing committee tries to keep a light and fun atmosphere at the convention grounds – this year,…

  • Upcoming: The World of Health IT conference & exhibition (Oct. 22-25, 2007)

    Scheduled for October 22–25, 2007 in Vienna, Austria, The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition looks like it will be a big event. The goal of the conference is to “bring the key stakeholders in healthcare delivery through technology together for the first time”. Many of the keynote speakers are either national or international…

  • Upcoming: Consumer Health Informatics Conference (Oct. 30, 2007)

    For those interested in empowering consumers and patients, there’s an interesting upcoming conference: Consumer Health Informatics Conference. The goal of the conference is: to focus on the technical, social, ethical and professional issues arising from consumer empowerment using information technology. The conference is a one-day (Tuesday Oct. 30, 2007) event held at Ottawa’s National Arts…

  • OHA Conference 2006

    I’m attending the OHA annual convention (www.ohahealthachieve.com) until Wednesday November 8th, 2006. I can’t speak for everyone else, but the OHA convention is an event that I look forward to attending each year, as there’s much to learn from all of the different presentorss and vendor exhibits. I’ll be writing up a summary of each…

  • Upcoming Conference: Games for Health 2006 – Sept. 28-29, 2006

    Here’s an announcement for an exciting upcoming conference: Games for Health 2006 Third Annual Conference Covering Intersection of Games, Health and Healthcare – September 28-29, 2006 – Baltimore. Here’s a description of the goal of the conference: Summarizing the importance of the event, Ben Sawyer said, “Slowly but surely the last year has seen a…

  • Games for Health Day – May 9, 2006

    Hello all, I’m sorry for not posting more frequently, but I am only just recovering from a month filled with colds, flus, and other ailments. Being sick definitely sucks. Anyway, a while back, I started a series (but didn’t get a chance to finish) on my predictions for disruptive technologies in health care. One of…