Keep learning, with courses from NIHI – McMaster

WATERLOO, Ont. – NIHI – McMaster CE courses are starting this month. Make an impact in your organization with knowledge and ideas gained through participating in courses about: Health Workforce Shortage – Retention Strategies and ROI; Data Analytics – Hands-on Data Analytics Skills; Leadership in Health Care: Resilient Leadership; ePrivacy Risk Management in Health Care; Artificial Intelligence in Health Care; ROI Fundamentals in Health Care; and HL7 Fundamentals.

Healthcare Workforce Shortage – Retention Strategies and ROI
1 Session Workshop 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM ET | Live, Interactive, Online
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Raelynn Douglas: BA, MBA, CHE; CEO, Raesoleil Consulting, NIHI Instructor
Suzanne Schell: CRP, BBA; CEO ROI Institute Canada, NIHI Instructor

The healthcare workforce shortage has become a crisis. Retention is the key to survival for organizations in the healthcare system. We need to act now to retain and engage our valuable workforce. This course will present three practical solutions to retain and engage staff that can be employed immediately and even show a return on investment (ROI). The ROI Institute 12-Step Methodology will be demonstrated, showing how to identify both tangible and intangible measures, and calculate the Return on Investment (ROI), to ensure maximum impact and value to the organization. More Information

Data Analytics – Hands on Data Analytics Skills
8 Sessions, 14.5 Hours | 5 Recorded and 3 Live. Interactive. Online
Monday, January 9, 23, February 6, 2023

The goal of this course is to provide skilled workers knowledge to support the increasing data analytics demands of business, such as health care, across Canada. We use the most popular programming language, Python, to guide students in a step by step process. As well, we will use online “notebooks” that will allow participants to work on their code without needing to install Python on their own computers. Through a combination of live instruction and hands-on exercises, we will focus on the application of data tools for data analysis in a practical environment. More Information

Instructor: Trevor Strome: MSc, PMP, Director, Digital Airport Solutions, Winnipeg Airports Authority; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

ePrivacy in Health Care: Risk Management
13 Sessions, 14.5 Hours | 10 Recorded and 3 Live, Interactive, Online
Monday, January 30, February 13, February 27, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET

The ePrivacy Risk Management Course will help you build privacy into the design of your programs, services and products. The first part of the course addresses Privacy By Design (PbD) principles, privacy and security standards and guidelines, PbD and emerging technologies, and building security into your healthcare solutions. The second part of the course, Managing Privacy Risk, teaches you how to identify, assess and manage privacy risk. It covers risk management principles such as Privacy Impact Assessments, Threat and Risk Assessments, monitoring and audit, and managing privacy breaches. More Information

Instructors: Brendan Seaton: CISSP, CIPP/C, CRISC, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Privacy Horizon Inc.; Privacy By Design Ambassador; Past President, ITAC Health; NIHI Instructor

Patrick Lo: CISSP, CIPP/C, CEO, Privacy Horizon Inc.; NIHI Instructor

Artificial Intelligence Module II: Data and Its Regulatory and Governance Implications
7 Sessions, 10.5 Hours | Live, Interactive, Online
Weekly, Tuesdays, January 31 – March 14, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly entering health care and is posed to make a huge impact on healthcare delivery and patient care. This course will help participants understand AI, its potential for business, and the opportunities for its implementation in health care. This course will provide review and discussion of the regulatory and governance considerations surrounding AI in the healthcare setting, with topics such as: “Innovation” Defined, Data Protection, Ethics, Data Governance, the New Bill C-11 Legislation, Cyber Security, and real-world examples of AI in use. More Information

Instructor: Mark W. Kohler: CPA, CA, ICD.D: Chairman and CEO, Exelerate Capital Corp.; Chairman, Privacy Horizon Inc.; Chairman, CloudMD Software & Services Inc; Adjunct Professor, York University; NIHI Instructor

Return On Investment (ROI) Fundamentals in Health Care
8 Sessions, 8 Hours | Live. Interactive. Online.
Wednesdays, February 1, 8, 15, 22, March 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

In today’s healthcare organizations, program sponsors and those who have responsibility for the success of projects are held more accountable than ever for the financial impact and ROI of their programs and projects. This course will provide the fundamental knowledge and skills to participants to measure value, impact and ROI in healthcare improvement initiatives, using the Phillips ROI Methodology. The course will include examples and real case studies to bring a practical approach to the participant’s learning. More Information

Instructor: Suzanne Schell: CRP; CEO of ROI Institute Canada; NIHI Instructor

HL7 Fundamentals
8 Sessions, 8 Hours | Live. Interactive. Online.
Weekly, Thursdays, February 2 – March 23, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

This course introduces students to the HL7 messaging standard for healthcare interoperability. Through a combination of live instruction and hands-on exercises, participants will learn how to create, interpret, and leverage healthcare’s most widely adopted standard to facilitate information exchange between a wide variety of clinical applications. More Information

Instructor: Laurie Lafleur: MBA, CIIP: Healthcare IT Consultant; Professor, Health Information Science; NIHI Instructor

Leadership in Health Care: Resilient Leadership
8 Sessions, 8 Hours | Live. Interactive. Online.
Weekly, Fridays, February 3 – March 24, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

In this course you will identify the areas that are preventing you from achieving a healthy work-life balance, design a plan to create that balance, build a healthier mind and body, and have tools to help those around you. Health care organizations need to create cultures that focus on well-being, with leaders that have knowledge, tools and resources to build up their teams, and who are healthy and strong themselves. More Information

Instructor: Raelynn Douglas: BA, MBA, CHE; CEO, Raesoleil Consulting; NIHI Instructor