Planning Our Community Networked Health Care Future
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Monday, October 20 &Tuesday, October 21, 1997
Presented by:
Canada's Coalition for Public Information
Sponsors:
CANARIE INC.
HEALTH CANADA
INDUSTRY CANADA
Supporting Organizations:
Canadian Health Record Association
CANADIAN INFORMATION PROCESSING SOCIETY
CANADIAN LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE ASSOCIATION INC.
Canadian Organization for Advanced Computers and Health
Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario
SMART TORONTO
CONFERENCE GOAL:
To create a model for the delivery of digital health information to every
Canadian community.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
THIS CONFERENCE IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR:
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES:
THE CHALLENGE:
WHAT THIS CONFERENCE IS ABOUT
Delivery of Health Care Services -
Access to Information
Let's Deal with Key Issues:
WHAT WORKS: COMMUNITY EFFORTS DELIVER NETWORKED HEALTH INFORMATION
DELIVERING HEALTH INFORMATION TO CANADIANS
WHAT ARE WE AFRAID OF?
SHOULD WE FEAR A DIGITAL HEALTH CARE INFORMATION FUTURE?
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DAY 1
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AGENDA - DAY 1 - Monday, October 20, 1997
9:00 am CONFERENCE OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
- Dr. Mamoru Watanabe, CANARIE (Canadian Network for
the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education)
CANARIE'S HEALTH IWAY: ACCESS FOR CANADIANS
10:00 am - 10:30 am Refreshment Break
10:30 am - 12:00 noon Sessions 1A and 1B Session 1A - PUBLIC POLICY ON
HEALTH INFORMATION:
A NATIONAL VISION FOR CANADAOS HEALTH
INFO-STRUCTURE
Speakers: - Mary Catherine Lindberg,
Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Insurance,
Ontario Ministry of Health
- Trudy Amirault, Director, Western Counties
Regional Library, Yarmouth, N.S.
- Jackie MacDonald, Librarian, Yarmouth Regional
Health Sciences Library - A CONSUMER HEALTH
INFORMATION SERVICE FOR RURAL CANADA
- Alma Boyd, Canadian Health Record Association
- David Robinson, Canadian Organization for Advanced
Computers and Health
Chair: - Frank White, White and Associates, Toronto
Session 1B - DE-INSTITUTIONALIZING THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE
Speakers: - John Rowlandson, Project Manager, Rural On-Line
Cardiac Education Project (ROCEP), British Columbia
- PRE-SURGICAL AND POST-OPERATIVE PATIENT/SPOUSAL
EDUCATION TO HEART SURGERY PATIENTS
- Igor Jurisica, University of Toronto, Department
of Computer Science - KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS FOR
DECISION SUPPORT IN HEALTH CARE (co-authored by
Dr. K. M. Gupta)
Chair: - Rosemary Kavanagh, Director, CNIB Library for the
Blind
12:00 noon - 1:30 pm KEYNOTE LUNCHEON ADDRESS
- Alan B. Nymark, Associate Deputy Minister, Health Canada
DEVELOPING A HEALTH INFORMATION HIGHWAY FOR CANADIANS
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Sessions 1C and 1D
Session 1C - MAKING IT HAPPEN: THE DELIVERY OF PUBLIC HEALTH
INFORMATION
Speakers: - Dr. Joanne Marshall, Professor, Faculty of Information
Studies, University of Toronto - BUILDING A NETWORK FOR
THE DELIVERY OF CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION
- Darlene Fichter, Saskatoon FreeNet - COMMUNITY NETWORKS
AND HEALTH INFORMATION PROVIDERS
- Rita Vine, Marketing and Instruction Coordinator,
Gerstein Science Information Centre, University of
Toronto - HOW VALUABLE IS "FREE" MEDLINE ON THE INTERNET?
Chair: - Fred Wardle, Publisher, Copp Clark Professional
Session 1D - FROM ATOMS TO BITS: THE TECHNOLOGY OF HEALTH INFORMATION
Speakers: - Professor Yuri Quintana, Graduate School of Library and
Information Science, University of Western Ontario
- AUTOMATED INDEXING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH
INFORMATION
- Margaret Coshan, President, Counsel, Inc. Toronto
- THE DESIGN OF A HEALTH APPLICATION IN A BROAD BAND,
RESIDENTIAL TRAIL - INTERCOM ONTARIO
- Simon Mielniczuk, Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse
- BUILDING THE HEALTH PROMOTION INTRANET
Chair: - Barbara Clubb, Chief Librarian and CEO, Ottawa Public
Library
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Refreshment Break
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm PLENARY SESSION
FOCUS ON RESULTS: PRIVATE/PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS AND HEALTH
INFORMATION
A cutting-edge panel of industry and public sector leaders,
including John Williams, President & CEO of SmartHealth,
Winnipeg. The session is chaired by Andrew Bjerring,
President & CEO, Canadian Network for the Advancement of
Research, Industry and Education (CANARIE)
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DAY 2
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AGENDA - DAY 2 - Tuesday, October 21, 1997
OPENING PLENARY ADDRESS
- The Hon. Ron Duhamel, Secretary of State, Science,
Research and Development and Western Economic
Diversification (Invited)
THE CANADIAN WELLNESS NETWORK AND THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY
ACCESS PROJECT (CAP) IN SUPPORTING COMMUNITY ACCESS TO
HEALTH INFORMATION
10:00 am - 10:30 am Refreshment Break
10:30 am - 12:00 noon Sessions 2A and 2B-Part One Session 2A - WOMEN AND
HEALTH INFORMATION
Speakers: - Madeline Boscoe, Canadian Women's Health Clinic, Winnipeg,
Manitoba - WOMEN AND THE HEALTH INFO I-WAY
- Mary Neill, Director of The HealthWatch Program, Womens'
College Hospital and Centre, Toronto, Ontario
- Karen Cairney, Associate Director of Development, Womens'
College Hospital Foundation - "REALITY CHEQUE": FUNDING
STRATEGIES FOR WOMENS' HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORKS
Chair: - Dora Dempster, Information Consultant, Toronto
Session 2B - Part One - A FRAMEWORK FOR MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS (in 2 parts)
Part One will feature presentations, and question and
answer sessions. Part Two (afternoon) will extend the
discussion to the audience, extrapolate a Framework
Summary and set the course for collaborative next steps.
Panelists: - Dr. Kalyan Moy Gupta, Atlantis - KNOWLEDGE BASE MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS FOR HEALTHCARE: DIAGNOSIS, COOPERATION; DISTANCE
EDUCATION FOR HEALTHCARE
- Dr. Ben Barkow, Behavioural Team - MEDICAL INFORMATION
SYSTEMS, ORGANIZATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES
- Kent Hawkins, Base4 Bioinformatics - KNOWLEDGE
ACQUISITION, INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MEDICINE AND BIOINFORMATICS
- Arthur Leader, MD, Division of Reproductive Medicine, CPC
- DIAGNOSIS, PREDICTION, ANALYSIS IN IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION
USING COMPUTER MODELS
- Robert Macura, MD, Medical College of Georgia - ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICINE; INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEMS;
INTELLIGENT LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS USING WWW; PICTURE
ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELERADIOLOGY
- Dr. Vimla Patel, McGill University - CONCEPTUAL
UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE FOR CLINICAL
REASONING; MEDICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION
- Jochen Moehr, MD, University of Victoria - DIDACTICS IN
MEDICAL INFORMATICS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN HEALTHCARE,
COMMUNITY HEALTH; COMPUTER-BASED PATIENT RECORDS
Chair: - Igor Jurisica, Department of Computer Science,
University of Toronto
12:00 noon - 1:30 pm KEYNOTE LUNCHEON ADDRESS
- Senator Patrick Leahy, (D) Vermont
via Video from Washington D.C.
THE INTERSECTION OF HEALTH CARE, INFORMATION, ACCESS
AND PRIVACY
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Sessions 2B-Part Two and 2C
Session 2B-Part Two - A FRAMEWORK FOR MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS
(continuation of Session 2B-PART ONE, from morning 10:30 AM to NOON)
Session 2C - COMMUNITY HEALTH AND THE INTERNET
Speakers: - Nadia Diakun-Thibault, PhD., Webmaster for The
Alzheimer Society of Ottawa-Carleton - COMMUNITY CASE
STUDY: THE INTERNET AS A TOOL FOR NEUROSCIENCE
- Dr. H. Skinner, Principal Investigator, TeenNet,
Department of Behavioral Science, University of Toronto
- USING THE INTERNET TO ENGAGE TEENS IN SMOKING PREVENTION
Chair: - Gail Dykstra, Director, Publisher & Gov't Relations,
Micromedia Ltd.
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Refreshment & Networking Break
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm PLENARY SESSION
THE NEXT STEPS: CONTINUING THE DISCUSSION,
ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT
Conference Closing
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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DIGITAL KNOWLEDGE II CONFERENCE: BUILDING ELECTRONIC SPACE FOR COMMUNITY
HEALTH INFORMATION
October 20 & 21, 1997
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
REGISTER NOW
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EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION BY JULY 31, 1997
Coalition Members: $250. Cdn. (plus $17.50 GST = $267.50)
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AFTER JULY 31, 1997
Coalition Members: $350. Cdn. (plus $24.50 GST = $374.50)
Non-Members: $495. Cdn. (plus $34.65 GST = $529.65)
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DIGITAL KNOWLEDGE II CONFERENCE: BUILDING ELECTRONIC SPACE FOR COMMUNITY
HEALTH INFORMATION
October 20 & 21, 1997
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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QUALITY HOTEL, 280 Bloor Street West (Yorkville)
(416) 968-0010
$82 per night for single/double room
(10 min. subway or $8 cab ride to the Convention Centre)
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