For the Record: Is electronic information the future of health care?

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Thursday, October 6, 2011, 6:00 p.m.
Docks Riverfront Grill
89 Foster Drive, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
RSVP: cafescientifique@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

From your family doctor to your pharmacist and hospital, you probably have more than one health care provider. And each one of these providers keeps a file describing a fragment of your medical history. This valuable information not only helps guide treatment decisions that directly affect your personal health, it may also contain data that is useful to health researchers.

As health care providers across Canada upgrade their systems allowing for the sharing of electronic information, important questions are emerging. Who will be able to access this medical information – doctors, researchers, guardians, patients? How will patients benefit from these new technologies and become more engaged in their own care? And what will it mean for the future of health care?

Join us to share your thoughts and hear about the latest research.

This free event is presented by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, in collaboration with the Group Health Centre.

Space is limited.

Experts:

Dr. Kevin Leonard
Associate Professor
Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto

Dr. Nicola Shaw
Associate Professor
Scientific Director
Health Informatics Institute Algoma University

Dr. Jennifer Zelmer
Senior Vice President
Clinical Adoption and Innovation
Canada Health Infoway

Moderator:

Dr. David Fera
CEO and Board Chair
Algoma District Medical Group