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  • 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,…

  • Site Maintenance & Upgrades

    Sorry for not posting lately, but I’ve been busy working to secure some post-PhD opportunities and it’s been taking up most of my time. Nothing to share just yet, but it’s been hectic. I will be changing hosting companies in the immediate future and plan to change blogging platform. For those interested, I’m currently using…

  • ehealth election madness

    Here in Ontario, we’re in the midst of a provincial election. Voting day is October 10, 2007 and I suspect that the level of attacks will increase as voting day approaches. I’m not writing about political parties, but I am somewhat surprised with some of the debate regarding ehealth. The former government (Ontario Liberal Party…

  • 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…

  • Podcasting in healthcare – 2007 update

    As some of my readers might remember, I ran a series of posts on examining the potential role of podcasting in healthcare. At the time, I wasn’t too keen on podcasting in healthcare: In my first post, Podcasting in Healthcare: Is there a future?, I discussed some of the challenges and potential uses of podcasting.…

  • Now coming to a theatre near you: Capital Health is recruiting…

    I don’t know about you, but I generally don’t like to watch advertisements, especially the 10–20 minutes of paid advertisements just before the start of show at the movie theatre. Normally I pay little attention to the ads, but I almost fell out of my seat when I saw a recruiting ad for Capital Health,…

  • 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…

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