The BC Alliance on Telehealth Policy and Research (BCATPR) is hosting its 7th annual workshop on Monday, May 26. Telehealth is a growing field that uses telecommunication technologies to deliver healthcare services to patients at a distance. Join other researchers, health professionals, students, patients, and industry leaders for British Columbia’s premier multidisciplinary workshop in telehealth, mobile health technologies and eHealth initiatives for health and chronic disease management.
The event will feature presentations by local and national academics, medical doctors and health care professionals. We will also hold a poster session as part of the event, which will be a chance for researchers, students and organizations to display their work in the area of telehealth and eHealth research, programs and policy. If you are interested in participating in the poster session, please submit an abstract before Friday, April 11
Registration: $30 regular, $20 for students (plus GST), lunch provided
Poster submission: April 25 deadline, http://www.sfu.ca/chs/events/bcatpr-workshop-2014-submission-form.html
Event page & registration link: http://www.bcatpr.ca/workshops
Speakers:
- Dr. John Falconer, Neurologist; Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, UBC; Director, eHealth Research Office, UBC Southern Medical Program
Apple iPad “Face Time” support for rural stroke care - Jodi Glassford, Director, Closed Loop Referral Management, eReferral and Alberta Referral Pathways, Alberta Health Services
eReferral and transforming Alberta’s referral experience - Dr. Scott Lear, Team Leader, BCATPR; Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU; Pfizer/Heart and Stroke Foundation Chair in Cardiovascular Prevention Research, St. Paul’s Hospital
Using the Internet to deliver cardiac rehabilitation: Results of the virtual cardiac rehabilitation program - Dr. Melanie Murray, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UBC
WelTel at Oak Tree: Text messaging support to improve HIV+ patient care and outcomes - Dr. Paul Terry, President and CEO, PHEMI Health Systems
The Big Data challenge – balancing privacy rights with medical innovation
The BCATPR is a multi-disciplinary research team working in the area of health-related services using telecommunications technologies. With Dr. Scott Lear, professor at SFU’s Faculty of Health Sciences, as lead, this alliance is a joint partnership consisting of academic institutions and provincial health authorities committed to providing relevant evidence and capacity building for integration of sustainable telehealth care services into routine health care practices within BC.