We host an ongoing digital health research seminar series. You can follow our events on Eventbrite. To access past events please visit the Digital Health Learning Corner.
Past Events
Optimizing Maternal and Newborn Health in the Digital Age
Virtual Seminar at BCCHR & WHRI
(Event Date: Thursday, Sept 26, 2024 on Zoom; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, PST)
Are you interested in gaining insights into digital health innovations for maternal and newborn care? Join us on Thursday, September 26, 2024, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm for an illuminating rapid-fire online discussion: “Optimizing Maternal and Newborn Health in the Digital Age.”
Learn about cutting-edge technologies, best practices, and new research opportunities in maternal and newborn health! The goal of this 1-hour virtual seminar is to explore innovative methods for improving infant and women's health and to introduce the new Perinatal & Newborn Health Hub. Don't miss out – register now!
Learning Objective:
- Explore innovations and solutions in digital health for optimal birth experiences.
- Learn about current digital technologies that support the optimal use of Cesarean sections and how they improve post-surgical follow-up.
- Gain insights into the initiatives and resources offered by organizations such as The Perinatal & Newborn Health Hub at Perinatal BC.
- Identify best practices and encourage further research; stimulate interest among seminar attendees to pursue digital health research opportunities.
In the Heart of Innovation: Exploring AI, Data Privacy and Policy in Healthcare
Virtual Seminar at BCCHR & WHRI
(Event Date: Thursday, May 16 on Zoom; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, PST)
Are you interested in gaining insights into AI, Data Privacy and Policy in our healthcare system? Join us on Thursday, May 16th, 2024, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm for an illuminating rapid fire online discussion: “In the Heart of Innovation: Exploring AI, Data Privacy and Policy in Healthcare.”
Discover the latest in machine learning and data privacy, identify best practices, and be inspired to innovate. Don't miss out – register now! The aim of this one-hour virtual seminar is to allow participants to discover how AI and policy can be used to better our current health services.
Learning Objective:
- Understanding the role of machine learning in data privacy within healthcare: Help attendees grasp the underlying principles and technologies behind AI applications in health. Examine the challenges and considerations associated with maintaining data privacy in machine learning models.
- Identify best practices and encourage further research: Showcase successful research studies and PHSA policies that have implemented data security and privacy practices. Stimulate interest among seminar attendees to pursue research opportunities related to AI in healthcare and to potentially highlight areas where additional research is needed.
- Inspire innovation: Motivate attendees to think creatively and explore new avenues for data applications in healthcare.
Shifting the dialogue on our use of EHR data to improve health services
Virtual Seminar at BCCHR & WHRI
Event Date: Monday, January 15, 2024 on Zoom at 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, PT
Are you interested in realizing more benefits from our EHR data? Join us on January 15, 2024 from
11:00 am – 12:00 pm for an illuminating panel discussion: “From digital health research and quality improvement to a learning health system: shifting the dialogue on our use of EHR data to improve health services.”
Discover how data can be used to better our health services! The aim of this one-hour virtual seminar is to provide participants with foundational knowledge that supports the integration of data access and quality in health research projects.
After the seminar, learners should be able to:
- Provide an example of a successful project using data from CERNER electronic health records and REDCAP to improve pediatric diabetes care.
- Discuss how we might enable learning health projects at PHSA through improved data access/ quality and rethinking the current silos of research and quality improvement.
- Identify opportunities to realize the benefits of our new electronic health records to better support learning health systems and improvements to care in PHSA.
Power of AI in Healthcare - Ethical Dilemmas, Bias & Pioneering Techniques
Virtual Seminar at BCCHR & WHRI
Event Date: September 21, 2023 on Zoom at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, PT
Are you interested in Artificial intelligence (AI) and digital health? Join us on September 21, 2023, from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm for an illuminating panel discussion about “Power of AI in Healthcare - Ethical Dilemmas, Bias & Pioneering Techniques.”
Discover how AI revolutionizes our health! The aim of this 1-hour virtual seminar is to provide participants with foundational knowledge that supports the integration of artificial intelligence technology in health research projects.
After the seminar, learners should be able to:
- Promote understanding of diverse applications of AI and its benefits in healthcare: Help attendees grasp the underlying principles and technologies behind AI applications in health. Discover the role of AI in the healthcare system and how it enhances patient care.
- Identify best practices and encourage further research: Share research studies and projects that have effectively implemented AI in the current practices. Stimulate interest among seminar attendees to pursue research opportunities related to AI in healthcare and to potentially highlight areas where additional research is needed.
- Inspire innovation: Motivate attendees to think creatively and explore new applications of AI in healthcare.
Come celebrate Digital Health Week with BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) and the Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) and partners at the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) November 14 to 18!
At this year’s annual celebration of digital health, we are showcasing the incredible work of our investigators, trainees and partners who have applied digital technology to improve the quality of women’s or children’s health care in B.C. and beyond!
You can connect with us throughout the week by watching our virtual poster series on YouTube. Check out the great work of our trainees in Digital Health Research! Click on the button below to view the virtual poster series.
Or you can join us at our showcase hybrid event on November 17 in the Chan Centre for Family Health Education or online.
Click on the button below to register:
Speaker Series Agenda November 17, 2022
Welcome and land acknowledgement
2 - 2:10 p.m. TBC
Trainee poster winner
2:10 - 2:15 p.m. Announced day of
ImmsBC: standing up a true provincial solution
2:15 - 2:30 p.m. Presented by: May Tauson
Developing an online sexual health program from concept to commercialization
2:30 - 2:45 p.m. Presented by: Lori Brotto
TrustSphere: a secure connection to health for paediatric T1D
2:45 - 3 p.m. Presented by: Shazhan Amed
Leading the Way in BC: Implementing a Secure File Transfer System for assessment of Infants at Risk of Cerebral Palsy
3 - 3:15 p.m. Presented by: Chetna Jetha and Mehreen Poojan
Questions and discussion with presenters
3:15 - 3:30 p.m. Facilitated by: Beth Payne
Vendor fair and networking in the Chieng Family Atrium
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Food and beverages and opportunities to network with individuals and organizations leading digital health in the province.
Celebrate Digital Health Week
The BCCHR and WHRI events are part of a series of Digital Health Week events being hosted across the province by PHSA. For more information on the many exciting things happening throughout the week click on the button below.
Brought to you by the Digital Health Week organizers:
The Office of Virtual Health / Digital Health Strategy Office / BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and Women’s Health Research Institute / Healthcare Information Management Systems Society – BC Chapter