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Rolling out COWs and an electronic documentation system for interdisciplinary staff on two pilot units in a long term care facility
(2012-04-30)This report discusses how work performed during the internship at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Aging & Veterans Care (SHSC, A&VC) relates to the field of health informatics. The objectives of the internship were ... -
Development of a Policy and Procedure Manual for the Surveillance and Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Care Nova Scotia
(2012-04-30)The internship was completed at the Surveillance and Epidemiology Unit (SEU) at Cancer Care Nova Scotia (CCNS). The SEU is responsible for collecting and analyzing data on all diagnosed cases of cancer in Nova Scotia. This ... -
Creation and Design of Patient Typing and Comment (PTC) Database
(2012-04-30)The Patient Typing and Comment (PTC) database was initially proposed by Bryan Crocker and Dr. Calvino Cheng. The division of Pathology Informatics at Capital Health does not have a central database to access patients’ ... -
Development of the Integrated Patient Information System for the Geriatric Day Hospital at the QEII
(2012-05-01)The internship was completed at the Geriatric Medicine Research Unit in the Veteran’s Memorial Building in Halifax. The internship work was performed from June 1st to August 31st, 2008. The internship objective was to ... -
Evaluating the Coverage of Health Informatics Terms in the MeSH Thesaurus: Critical Analysis of a Newly Created Health Informatics Glossary
(2012-05-02)As an integral part of the Master in Health Informatics (MHI) program at Dalhousie University, internship provides a good opportunity for MHI students to apply academic health informatics knowledge in healthcare work to ... -
A Drug Utilization Study: Use of Sedative Hypnotic Drugs in Acute Care, Hospital In-patients
(2012-05-02)This report summarizes the internship work of Kunal Mohindra, a Master in Health Informatics candidate (2009-2011) for the period: May 3, 2010 – August 31, 2010. The internship was completed as a part of the HINF 7000: ... -
Utility of Synoptic Reporting to Improve Operative Reports for Spinal Cord Injury Patients
(2012-05-04)The author did his internship in the Division of Neurosurgery of Capital District Health Authority (CDHA) in Halifax. This organization is one of the acute care and rehabilitation hospitals across the country, which is ... -
Practical Use of ACSiS to Strengthen National Disease Management Programs
(2012-05-24)The information required to determine health needs, the delivery of services and the availability and use of the ever dwindling scarce resources in many countries is the driving force pushing many countries to create or ... -
Developing Policies and Managing Medical Records at North End Community Health Centre
(2012-05-24)The internship was completed at North End Community Health Centre (NECHC) at Halifax, NS. The main focus of the internship was to develop Policy and Procedure Manuals to manage the medical records at NECHC. Other ... -
Development of reports containing health indicators generated with data extracted from cancer data management software
(2012-05-24)This report describes the Master of Health Informatics internship undertaken by James Wills at the Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program (NSBSP) in 2011. NSBSP is mandated to provide early detection of breast cancer through ... -
Construction of an Ideal Info-Structure in a Pediatric Emergency Setting & “What is Health Informatics?” Definition Video
(2012-05-25)This report was written as part of an internship towards the completion of a Masters of Health Informatics Degree. Two separate projects were worked on over the course of the internship. The first of which dealt with the ... -
Data Compilation for the WHO Global Survey of Mode of Delivery and Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes
(2012-05-25)Although in many circumstances, caesarean birth is chosen by the health care provider to improve maternal and/or neonatal outcomes, the procedure is generally connected with increased incidences of mortality or morbidity ... -
Data Management and Data Analysis
(2012-05-25)Health Informatics focuses on the application of computer information systems to health care and public health. A major focus of it is the support of information systems for reasoning, decision-making, and learning to ... -
Mental Health Outpatient Information System (MHOIS) Data Quality Improvement Project
(2012-05-25)Mental Health Outpatient Information System (MHOIS) is used to store demographic, socio-economic, administrative and clinical data of mental health patients seen at various facilities offering Mental Health Services ... -
Improving Quality of Patient Information
(2012-05-25)The level of data to process and the need of up-to-date data for quick analysis and decision-making are vital to retain its present position and growth in the industry. Hence, the Slic Laser decided to computerize their ... -
Modeling a Health Care Enterprise
(2012-05-25)The federal government is responsible for the direct or indirect medical care of nearly a million people. It is the fifth largest jurisdiction in Canada. Certain groups, such as members of the military, inmates at federal ... -
Deployment of an Electronic Documentation System for the IWK Regional Poison Centre
(2012-05-25)The Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office (EMO/911) is mandated with coordinating the province’s response to emergency situations. EMO/911 provided funding to create an electronic documentation system for the IWK Regional ... -
Health Informatics in Psychosocial Oncology
(2012-05-25)This report provides a brief account of the author’s internship and details a proposed process for strengthening the provision of psychosocial care, information, and support for cancer patients and their families. The ... -
Analysis, Design and Implement of Database for Wheelchair Skills Program
(2012-05-28)The author was employed as a Health Informatics Analyst Intern to analyze, create, design, and implement a web-based interface to the database for the Wheelchair Skills Program (WSP). The health informatics component of ...
