Digital Health InfoCast

Virtual care doesn't just help to keep Canadians healthy — it can help improve the planet's health as well. How can we measure the environmental impact of virtual care and what might that mean for the health system going forward? Join Dr. Nicole Simms (Executive Lead and Regional Coordinator (Central Canada), CASCADES; Centre for Sustainable Health Systems, University of Toronto), Bobby Gheorghiu (Director, Analytics, Canada Health Infoway) and Stella Guo (Analyst, Canada Health Infoway).

Check out the Infoway Virtual Care Benefits Calculator and the CASCADES Virtual Care Carbon Accounting Tool.

You can also learn more about the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health, and international work towards environmentally sustainable health systems.

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The health system has undergone significant change as new technologies are introduced — and so has academia. Medical schools are evolving to prepare their students for an increasingly connected, digitized world. What's new on medical curricula, and how are educators and students embracing the change?

Join Dr. Sharon Domb (Family Physician, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre), Tara Upshaw (medical student, University of Calgary) and Dr. Rashaad Bhyat (Clinician Lead, Canada Health Infoway).

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An interoperable health system is one in which data can flow seamlessly and securely...but how does interoperability work hand in hand with privacy? We explore how interoperability and privacy support each other with Infoway's own Dr. Rashaad Bhyat (Clinical Lead) and Janet Guevara (Director, Privacy).

Download Privacy as an Enabler: Sharing Personal Health Information for Interoperability Primer and Best Advice: Advanced and Meaningful Use of EMRs.

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Research and evaluation are essential for deepening our understanding of digital health, but how do you most effectively design, implement, and share a research study? Explore research processes and considerations with Dr. Lydia Sequeira, CIHR Health System Impact Fellow and instructor at the Michener Institute and University of Toronto.

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Has increasing digital health adoption been equitable, and has it led to equitable health outcomes? What is the relationship between health equity and digital health literacy?

We're recording virtually from the 2022 eTELEMED Conference! Waldo Beauséjour (Senior Analyst, Canada Health Infoway) and Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas (Head of Blended Learning and Digital Learning and Development Lead, Health Education England) share findings from Canada and the U.K., and then sit down with our producer for a roundtable discussion.

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Virtual care is here to stay - but we need to ensure that health care providers and patients alike are supported in adopting it. Canada Health Infoway and Healthcare Excellence Canada partnered on the Clinician Change Management project, which included the Clinician Change Virtual Care Toolkit and the Virtual Care Together Design Collaborative. In Part 2 of this two-part series, we welcome Design Collaborative participants Dr. Kendall Ho, Anne-Marie Jamin and Harleen Chohan from the InterCultural Online Health Network (iCON) to discuss their experiences with the collaborative, the philosophy of meeting people where they are at, and the importance of embedding equity into virtual care.

Download the Clinician Change Virtual Care Toolkit.

Music: "Inspired," by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. Digital Health InfoCast is produced by Canada Health Infoway and copyright under a Creative Commons license.

Virtual care is here to stay - but we need to ensure that health care providers and patients alike are supported in adopting it. Canada Health Infoway and Healthcare Excellence Canada partnered on the Clinician Change Management project, which included the Clinician Change Virtual Care Toolkit and the Virtual Care Together Design Collaborative . In Part 1 of this two-part series, we welcome Design Collaborative participants Dr. Sakina Walji, Patricia O'Brien and Dr. Jay Shaw to discuss their experiences and the importance of embedding equity into virtual care.

Download the Clinician Change Virtual Care Toolkit.

Music: "Inspired," by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. Digital Health InfoCast is produced by Canada Health Infoway and copyright under a Creative Commons license.

Throughout the pandemic, Infoway regularly suveyed Canadians about their use of virtual care. Our Performance Analytics team digs deep into the data to find out what the numbers might tell us about the future of virtual care in Canada.

Explore the full findings on Infoway Insights, our interactive data and analytics hub!

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As access to mental health care continues to be a challenge across the country, digital interventions have shown considerable promise. Dr. Gillian Strudwick (Independent Scientist & Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, CAMH) and Dr. Lydia Sequeira (Postdoctoral Fellow, CAMH & Canada Health Infoway) lead through the potential and considerations for text-based mental health supports.

Learn more:

Mental Health Commission of Canada 2017 Environmental Scan of e-Mental Health Services in Canada

Hope by CAMH app

Be SaskWell

e-Mental health data on Infoway Insights

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Earlier this year, Infoway hosted the first pan-Canadian Projectathon with support from IHE Catalyst. Participating vendors worked to test and improve the pan-Canadian Patient Summary interoperability specifications. But what is it really like to participate in a Projectathon? Get the details with Attila Farkas (Canada Health Infoway), Dr. Alexander Berler (IHE Catalyst), Dr. Shane McNamee (SmileCDR) and Josh Diaz (Cerner). Music: "Inspired," by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. Digital Health InfoCast is produced by Canada Health Infoway and copyright under a Creative Commons license.