Digital Health InfoCast

Canada has been an early leader in the AI space and there is no shortage of activity flourishing across the country. Today, we welcome Fanny Sie from Roche Canada and Indu Navar of Everything ALS to talk about machine learning and the End ALS Kaggle Challenge.

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As more Canadians pursue careers in digital health and health informatics, it's important that Canada has the academic programs to support their growth. Leading the way is the University of Victoria School of Health Information Science, a school that is building up the next generation of digital health leaders and innovators. We sit down with founding director Professor Denis Protti, current director Professor Andre Kushniruk and Infoway's Simon Hagens.

Learn more about the school, its programs and offerings, and be sure to follow @uvic_healthinfo on Twitter.

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Research and knowledge sharing are vital aspects of advancing digital health. JMIR Publications helps scientists to disseminate innovations, ideas, protocols, and research results to the widest possible audience. We're pleased to welcome Dr. Gunther Eysenbach, founder, editor, and publisher of JMIR Publications, along with Simon Hagens, Senior Director, Performance Analytics, Canada Health Infoway.

Learn more about submitting your article to JMIR Publications and browse the Canada Health Infoway e-Collection!

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The social determinants of health are the social and economic factors that have an influence on a person's health. Inequities occur when a person experiences poorer outcomes and quality of care based on who they are, where they live or what they have. But how do we integrate this data into digital health systems?

We're joined by Infoway's Waldo Beauséjour, Marcy Antonio (PhD Candidate at the University of Victoria) and Dr. Annalijn Conklin (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia).

Be sure to visit the Social Determinants of Health working group on InfoCentral!

Learn more about digital health equity in Infoway's recent study: Digital Health Equity Analysis: Access to Electronically-Enabled Health Services.

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As more Canadians adopt digital health tools, how we think about care delivery is changing. In the conclusion to our two-part episode, Dr. Michelle Grinman and Dr. Shauna Tierney discuss how hospital-level care can be provided in patients' own homes, and the benefits afforded by this model of care. Listen to the first part of our discussion in Episode 25.

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Digital Health InfoCast is produced by Canada Health Infoway and copyright under a Creative Commons license.

As more Canadians adopt digital health tools, how we think about care delivery is changing. In this two-part episode, Dr. Michelle Grinman and Dr. Shauna Tierney join us to discuss how hospital-level care can be provided in patients' own homes.

Theme Music: "Inspired" and "Highlight Reel," by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons.

Digital Health InfoCast is produced by Canada Health Infoway and copyright under a Creative Commons license.

According to Infoway research, today 65% of Canadians would use virtual visits instead of in-person visits for a prescription renewal.

That's just one statistic from Infoway's new research website, which covers a wide range of digital health topics. Bobby Gheorghiu and Barry Xu discuss why it's important to have digital health research available to inform policy decisions, help accelerate adoption of digital health and fuel innovation.

Visit Insights today to explore the range of data! (The French-language site is available here.)

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In this episode, we open our second podcast season with a thank you to the Digital Health InfoCast's guests and listeners, and a brief reflection on World Health Day 2021.

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In the conclusion to our first season, Dr. Rashaad Bhyat rejoins the Digital Health InfoCast to discuss the virtual care landscape, one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. This conversation touches on emerging best practices, the importance of virtual care research and an evidence-based approach - and reasons to hope.

Additional reading: "Patient Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Use of Virtual Care," by A. Wong, R. Bhat, S. Srivastava, L. Boissé Lomax, and R. Appireddy, in the Journal of Medical Internet Research 2021;23(1):e20621.

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A key component of digital health is interoperability: the ability for different devices and systems to communicate seamlessly with each other, enabling the flow of data. Interoperability is achieved through different health standards. Join Ron Parker (Chair, HL7 Canada Affiliate, and Co-Chair, HL7 International Council) and Infoway standards experts Joel Francis and Joanie Harper, as they explore HL7, FHIR and other standards used in health care.

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