Leaders in various healthcare capacities and disciplines will address issues affecting eHealth and explore real world challenges and proven solutions. Some of the topics to be examined include:

• Privacy and eHealth legislation in Atlantic Canada
• Security risk management for electronic health records
• A framework for the secondary use of health information
• National advances in ePharmacy
• Decision support – deriving value from captured data and information
• Adoption of a full eWorkforce solution: a case study
• Joining up care: considerations in connecting primary care to ambulatory and acute care
• How technology will transform care in ways beyond the EHR
• Transforming clinical service delivery through the emerging use of patient portals and remote monitoring technologies
• Remote service delivery – Telehealth marches forward

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Sandra Cascadden, P.Eng, CPHIMS, PMP, CIHTO, DoH & HPP
Chief Information and Health Transformation
Information Standards, Solutions and Services
Nova Scotia Department of Health

Lise Daigle
Executive Director, Governance Transition Office
New Brunswick Department of Health

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Duff Montgomerie
Deputy Minister, Health Promotion and Protection
Province of Nova Scotia

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• From Healthcare Organizations:
  
• VP’s, Directors and Heads of:
  • Health/Patient Records
  • Information Systems
  • Quality and Risk Management
  • Support Services
  • Information Technology and Management Solutions
  • Program Design and Management
  • Technology Planning
  • Health Informatics
  • Information Policy
  • Information Analysis and Reporting
  • Diagnostic Services
  • Pharmacy
  • Administration
• Chief Privacy Officer, Chief Information Officer, CTO, Chief of Staff, Medical Directors, Chief of Nursing, In-house Counsel, Chief of Pharmacy Services, Chief Information Officer

• Senior Directors in Charge of:
  • Decision Support; Quality Improvement
  • Health Care Strategies
  • Research
  • Legal and Regulatory Affairs
  • Professional and Government Affairs
  • Patient Relations
  • Corporate Communications
  • Education
  • Risk
  • Systems
• Physicians, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals
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  And Representatives from:
  
  • Health Ministries and Departments, Regions/Regional Health Authorities
  • Pharmaceutical Companies, Diagnostics and Laboratory Services
  • Health Information and Data Providers
  • Privacy Regulators and Commissioners
  • Medical Researchers and Academics
  • Associations and Medical Colleges
  • Law Firms, Consulting Firms

Dear Colleague,

More and more health care providers, be they nurses or physicians with laptops and smart phones, are accessing healthcare records from more places now that governments and healthcare organizations of every size are making significant investments in electronic health records (EHRs) and electronic medical records (EMRs).

At this Insight conference you will hear all about initiatives now underway that will contribute to the ability of healthcare organizations to realize an electronic records system that will promote more efficient and safer healthcare and that will have the ability to span jurisdictions at all levels. The challenges associated with the design and implementation of such systems, are many and often very complex. Staying abreast of developments and latest strategies is crucial in order to effectively move these projects forward in a coordinated and coherent manner.

There are multiple goals associated with the implementation of ehealth solutions including improved outcomes and more efficient, timely and safe patient care. The EHR is the future of health care and will allow access to the right patient information at the right time thereby ensuring that health care professionals make timely and effective diagnoses and provide the best possible treatment and care based on all the relevant information.

Other significant areas of application and anticipated benefits are: health system use of data (secondary use), clinical program development, health system administration, population health (surveillance) and research. As cooperation and collaboration becomes more and more necessary to the effective delivery of care, electronic records will be essential to facilitate this team approach through better information sharing among health providers.

Aligning provincial legislation to reflect and accommodate the movement of patients and to facilitate the accessibility of their records across provincial boundaries is also of prime importance. Ensuring a secure network and protected domains in this exchange of information brings many new challenges. The importance of security, privacy and access controls is not only respectful for patient confidentiality but is legislatively mandated. Staying current with technical and legal developments is must.

This forum provides opportunities for sharing and networking on topics that are relevant to you all.

Don’t miss this essential update from an expert faculty to who will provide you with leading edge solutions and developments.

We look forward to sharing this informative and useful experience with you.

Sincerely,

Sandra Cascadden, P.Eng, CPHIMS, PMP, CIHTO, DoH & HPP
Chief Information and Health Transformation
Information Standards, Solutions and Services
Nova Scotia Department of Health

Lise Daigle
Executive Director
Governance Transition Office
New Brunswick Department of Health

WEDNESDAY | OCTOBER 21, 2009

8:00 | 9:00

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 | 9:05

Welcoming Remarks from Insight

9:05 | 9:15

Opening Remarks from the Co-Chair

Sandra Cascadden, P.Eng, CPHIMS, PMP, CIHTO, DoH & HPP
Chief Information and Health Transformation
Information Standards, Solutions and Services
Nova Scotia Department of Health

9:15 | 9:45

Opening Keynote Address

Duff Montgomerie
Deputy Minister, Health Promotion and Protection
Province of Nova Scotia

9:45 | 10:30

Privacy and eHealth Legislation in Atlantic Canada

David T.S. Fraser
Partner
McInnes Cooper

• Looming legislative changes over the horizon
• Building a compliance plan in anticipation of legislative changes
• Interprovincial and cross-border issues

10:30 | 10:45

Networking Coffee Break

10:45 | 11:30

Privacy AND Security: Working Together for Common Goals

John Wunderlich, MBA, CISA, CIPP/C
John Wunderlich & Associates
Information Security & Privacy

• “The Venn of Security and Privacy” – defining the overlapping domains of privacy and security
• Build bridges not silos – dreating an operational relationship based on good governance
• Measured success – security and privacy each have to define and measure their success in terms of organizational goals

11:30 | 12:15

Security Risk Management for Electronic Health Records

Jeff Curtis MBA, CISSP, CISM
Chief Privacy Officer
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

• Establishing best practice information security frameworks for electronic healthcare records
• Case Study: ‘Shared Systems’ issues – Hospital Diagnostic Imaging Repository Services
• Security ‘federation’ issues – emerging provincial requirements, technologies and system readiness

12:15 | 1:30

Networking Luncheon

1:30 | 2:30

The Secondary Use of Health Information: A Framework and Case Studies

Khaled El Emam, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information
Faculty of Medicine
University of Ottawa

• A review of the different options for secondary use under privacy legislation
• Practical issues in obtaining consent for secondary use
• An overview of ways to evaluate re-identification risk and de-identification techniques
• Case studies illustrating data disclosure for research and commercial use

2:30 | 3:15

National Advances in ePharmacy

Justin Bates
Director, e-Health
Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores (CACDS)

• Initiatives currently underway in Canada
• Medication management
• The implementation of e-Prescribing and Drug Information Systems as part of the strategy to develop a shared electronic health record in each jurisdiction

3:15 | 3:30

Networking Refreshment Break

3:30 | 4:15

eHealth and the Continuum of Care

J. Wayne Gudbranson
President & CEO
Branham Group Inc.

• Overview of the eHealth Continuum of Care Model 2: implications for the transition from ‘reactive health’ to ‘proactive wellness’
• Market size and trends
• Existing and emerging players

4:15 | 5:00

Decision Support – Deriving Value from Captured Data and Information

Dr. Calvino Cheng
Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University

• Application and impact of decision support in Blood Transfusion Services at Capital Health
• Lessons learned and potential benefits of clinical data standards at the jurisdictional/pan-Canadian level

5:00

Co-Chair’s Summation and Conference Adjourns for the Day

5:00 | 6:35

Wine and Cheese Reception

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THURSDAY | OCTOBER 22, 2009

8:15 | 9:00

Continental Breakfast

9:00 | 9:05

Remarks from Insight

9:05 | 9:15

Opening Remarks from the Co-Chair

Lise Daigle
Executive Director, Governance Transition Office
New Brunswick Department of Health

9:15 | 10:00

What is Required to Develop and Implement Health Information Systems to Support Outcome Measurement

Dr. Grace Paterson
Assistant Professor
Medical Informatics and Division of Medical Education
Dalhousie University

• Explore the issues and challenges
• Identify ideal information required for outcome measurement
• Pragmatic methods for data capture
• Delivering quality clinical outcomes through management of patient populations

10:00 | 10:45

Adoption of an eWorkforce Solution at an Ontario Mental Health Centre

Charles (Chuck) LaFlèche, CMA, FCMA
Executive Vice-President
QHR Technologies Inc

• Discover how an integrated workforce management solution for a Mental Health Centre in Ontario was implemented
• Learn how they went from manual processes for HR and Staff Scheduling and a service bureau for their Payroll needs to one integrated, full featured solution for all
• Hear how the 1,200 employees got up to speed and using the system within 4 months
• See where they are at today and what the next steps are

10:45 | 11:00

Networking Coffee Break

11:00 | 11:45

Advancing eHealth With Healthcare Knowledge Management Solutions

Dr. Syed Sibte Raza Abidi
Professor, Faculty of Computer Science
Director, Health Informatics
Dalhousie University

• Applying health knowledge to develop decision support systems
• eHealth issues for knowledge-based decision support

11:45 | 12:30

Joining Up Care: Considerations in Connecting Primary Care to Ambulatory and Acute Care

Eric Gombrich
Chief Executive Officer
EMIS Inc.

• Centralizing care around the patient, not the provider
• Shared care amongst and across multiple providers, for one patient
• Considerations in sharing data to support this
• Technical considerations to enable this

12:30 | 1:30

Networking Luncheon

1:30 | 2:15

How Technology Will Transform Care in Ways Beyond the EHR

Brantz Myers
Director, Healthcare Business Development
Cisco Canada

• Three principle connections of successful healthcare interactions: people to people, people to information and people to equipment and resources
• How these connections can be enabled by technology
• Why the transformative role that technology will play in healthcare is not limited to EHRs alone
• The reasons why executive strategic attention must consider the role of technology
• Complexity, challenges and sources of resistance to the adoption of technology
• What we have learned from past attempts
• Simplifying connections from any person, any place, through any device to any resource, delivering real value to the end-points – the people

2:15 | 2:30

Networking Refreshment Break

2:30 | 3:15

Transforming Clinical Service Delivery Through the Emerging Use of Patient Portals and Remote Monitoring Technologies

Valerie Hagerman, BN MED
Regional Director, Telehealth
Regional Health Authority B, Zone 3 (formerly River Valley Health)
New Brunswick

This presentation will:

• Describe the growing use of remote monitoring and patient portal technology and their impact on empowering patients to better manage their care.
• Using specific case studies, describe the quantitative impact these new approaches are having on rate of hospitalization, ER visits, and HgAIB levels (in patients with diabetes)
• Provide qualitative information on the extent to which these approaches are being well received by patients and health professionals
• Discuss barriers and enablers to wider adoption of this approach to care

3:15 | 4:00

Remote Service Delivery – Telehealth Marches Forward

Ron MacFarlane
Director
Nova Scotia Telehealth Network

• Current and future trends – the latest innovative approaches
• Drivers and Inhibitors

4:00

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