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Upcoming Events
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Medicine 2.0 Congress
September 17-18, 2009
Toronto
Medicine 2.0 is an international conference on Web
2.0 applications in health and medicine, organized and co-sponsored
by the Journal of Medical Internet Research, the International
Medical Informatics Association, the Centre for Global eHealth
Innovation, CHIRAD, and a number of other sponsoring organizations.
What is Medicine 2.0?
Medicine 2.0 applications, services and tools are Web-based services
for health care consumers, caregivers, patients, health
professionals, and biomedical researchers, that use Web 2.0
technologies as well as semantic web and virtual reality tools, to
enable and facilitate specifically social networking, participation,
apomediation, collaboration, and openness within and between these
user groups.
Who should attend?
Academics (health professionals, social scientists, computer
scientists, engineers)
Software and Web 2.0 application developers
Consultants, vendors, venture capitalists, business leaders, CIOs
End-users (health professionals, consumers, payors)
http://www.medicine20congress.com/
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2nd Annual
LEAN in Healthcare:
Building the Capacity for a Sustainable System
September 21-22, 2009
St. Andrews Club and Conference Centre, Toronto
The application of lean principles in healthcare is spreading
because it is proving to be an effective method of improving the
quality and efficiency of service delivery. For those who have
adopted it, lean has resulted in reduced wait times, higher patient
satisfaction and improved employee morale. Join us at this event and
learn:
How other regions are approaching lean and how they see it being
adopted into healthcare
How a leading U.S. paediatric hospital undertook the lean journey,
and lessons learned along the way
Implementing lean with little money or resources
What approach will work best with your organization
The benefits of applying lean on a regional-wide basis
How Ontario is incorporating lean into its performance improvement
strategies
and much more
http://www.insightinfo.com/index.cfm?ci_id=26198&la_id=1 |
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2009 Medical Device Sterilization Forum in association with
Accreditation Canada
September 29, 2009
Sutton Place Hotel, Edmonton
Presented jointly by CSA and Accreditation Canada,
the Forum will provide health care facilities decision-makers and
administrators and their reprocessing staff with the knowledge,
tools and operational recommendations to help meet accreditation
standards for sterile processing departments within their
facilities. Make plans now to have key members of your hospital
administration team attend this Forum where key issues, best
practices and lessons learned will be discussed and shared by our
panel of experts. Duration: 2 days.
https://learningcentre.csa.ca/lc_site/be.asp?gid=50016245&tid=50041650 |
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Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo
Conference: September 30 - October 2, 2009
Exhibits: September 30 - October 1, 2009
Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
The Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo, now in its 22nd year, is
the original event that brings together the entire team who designs,
plans, constructs and manages healthcare facilities. HFSE focuses on
how the physical space directly impacts the staff, patients & their
families and the delivery of healthcare. Ideas, practices, products
and solutions will be exchanged, explored and discovered at HFSE
that improve current healthcare facilities and plan the facilities
of tomorrow.
http://www.hcarefacilities.com/default.asp |
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Canadian Society of Telehealth 2009 Conference
The Changing Climate of Care Telehealths Role
October 3-7, 2009
Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel, Vancouver
Telehealth at Home and in the Community: Home, mobile and
internet telehealth successes, failures, and modality comparisons.
Telehealth as a Green Solution: How telehealth or ehealth applications
have reduced travel, transfers or hospital stays; measuring the impacts
(good and bad) for the environment and forecasting for the future.
Patient and Provider Experience: Viewing telehealth from the users
perspective, user needs, expectations, satisfaction and clinical or
educational outcomes. Successes and challenges in the delivery of
services for First Nations communities. Integrating E-Health Technology:
Linking or integrating generic e-health initiatives with telehealth;
pilots of EHR/telehealth projects/ programs; how hospital information
systems work with telehealth networks. Best Practice and/or Standards
related to Telehealth: Clinical practice guidelines; formal or informal
policies; or relevance, utility or appropriateness of standards.;
measuring and evaluating clinical outcomes. Up to 400 key stakeholders
involved in all aspects of Telehealth are expected to attend.
http://www.cst-sct.org |
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2009 Medical Device Risk Management Conference
October 12, 2009 - Boston
October 15, 2009 - San Francisco
Are you ready for the change? With the 3rd edition of
IEC 60601-1 soon to be the recognized standard in North America,
understanding the risk management process will be essential for
anyone in the medical device industry. Attend this timely event and
learn about North American & International Certification
requirements to IEC 60601-1 3rd Edition and risk management
requirements. Duration: 2 days
https://learningcentre.csa.ca/lc_site/be.asp?gid=50016245&tid=50040862 |
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E-HEALTH FORUM
Electronic Health & Medical Records
October 21-22, 2009
World Trade and Convention Centre, Halifax
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
and much more
http://www.insightinfo.com/index.cfm?ci_id=26287&la_id=1 |
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9th Edition
E-HEALTH FORUM
October 26-27, 2009
TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary
Is the promise of e-Health being delivered? A
top-notch faculty of experts and e-Health leaders will assess how
far we have come and what is needed to meet the challenges ahead.
Topics will include:
Moving to a Provincial Health Record
An International Perspective on E-Health Developments
Capitalizing on E-Health to Achieve Wait Times Targets
Change Management Strategies for E-Health Integration
Effectively Operating in a Shared EMR Environment
Evaluating Health Information Systems What is the Current State
of Knowledge?
Meeting the E-Health Challenges of Primary and Chronic Care
Electronic Information Systems, Infection Control and Outbreak
Management
Data Governance and Privacy Oversight
Improving Clinical Practice Through Electronic Order Sets and
Directives
The Big BC Opt Out of E-Health: How and Why?
An E-Health Check-up: How Well Are We Doing What is the
Prognosis for E-Health?
and much more
http://www.insightinfo.com/index.cfm?ci_id=26235&la_id=1 |
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HealthAchieve 209
November 16-18, 2009
Metro Toronto Convention
ConferenceNovember 16, 17 & 18
If you play an important role in health care, this show is a 'must
attend' for you. See the latest in technology, listen to some of the
most dynamic leaders in our industry and participate in sessions
covering many of the issues facing health care today.
Please join us for HealthAchieve2009 on November 16, 17 & 18
at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre - North Building.
ExhibitionNovember 16 & 17
In 2008 over 9,000 Healthcare Professionals and 353 Exhibitors
attended HealthAchieve. Many of the
delegates who attend HealthAchieve are the hardest to reach
professionals in the health care industry: Hospital and Health Care
Associations CEOs, Board Chairs, Trustees, Senior Management,
financial and information technology decision influencers. And with
so many exhibitors attending year after year, it's clear that
participation is a good investment.
http://www.ohahealthachieve.com |
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MEDICA 2009 World Market for Medical Technology
The world's largest medical technology trade show.
November 18-21, 2009
Messe Dόsseldorf
Despite the worldwide financial crisis MEDICA 2008 has
set new participation records in its 40th year. The show closed with the
best ever results in its 40-year history. More than 137,000 trade
visitors from a total of 66 countries came to see what 4,313 exhibitors
presented. The event attracted attendees from the medical trade and
profession, industry, hospitals as well as medical laboratories and
rehabilitation centres. Almost 90% of them are involved in relevant
investment decisions, while 70% are decision-makers. Exhibitors
commented on the high calibre of visitors and also reported a high
propensity to invest among attendees. As in previous years, COMPAMED,
the medical component show will take place in halls 8 a and b from
November 18 20, 2009 one . We would be honored to welcome you to
this event and look forward to working with you. For more information,
please contact our Canadian office at (416) 598-1524.
http://www.medica.de |
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RSNA 2009
November 29-December 4, 2009
McCormick Place, Chicago
The 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the
Radiological Society of North America.
http://rsna2008.rsna.org/RSNA_2009.cfm |
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HIMSS10
Annual Conference & Exhibition
March 1-4, 2010
Atlanta
Year after year, the HIMSS Conference & Exhibition
allows hospitals and physician practices to explore and interact
with electronic medical record applications and other IT solutions
and equips them with the knowledge to use these products in
meaningful ways. Now more than ever, providers are realizing the
value of an electronic healthcare system and are moving towards
implementing these technologies. The next HIMSS Conference &
Exhibition will be March 1-4, 2010, in Atlanta.
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