Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions
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Patient Tracking Module of the Horizon Surgical Manager (HSM) Planning and Design Project
(2012-08-21)One of the major challenges faced by healthcare organizations are the surgical wait times and the impact it has on the quality of patient care. Healthcare leaders have realized and are now investing resources in key areas ... -
Aboriginal Population Data Indicators Pilot
(2012-08-21)The author undertook the “Aboriginal Population Data Indicators pilot Project” as an internship with the Cancer Informatics Unit (CIU) of Juravinski Cancer Centre (JCC) at Hamilton Health Sciences in Hamilton, Ontario, ... -
Research Study on the Prophylaxis of Gastrointestinal Side Effects of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Nova Scotia Senior Population
(2012-08-21)This internship was performed as part of Drug Use Management and Policy Research Residency Program at the College of Pharmacy and involved developing a research project under the supervision of Dr. Sander van Zanten from ... -
The Role of Health Informatics in the Provision of Continuing Pharmacy Education
(2012-08-21)The internship was completed with the Division of Continuing Pharmacy Education, Dalhousie College of Pharmacy, under the supervision of the director, Bev Zwicker, and Dr. Ingrid Sketris, Professor, Dalhousie College of ... -
Development of PDA Version Cancer Management Guidelines
(2012-08-21)The internship was performed in Cancer Care Nova Scotia (CCNS) from May 9th to September 2nd, 2005. The objective of the internship work was to convert the cancer management guidelines developed by Cancer Site Teams of ... -
Strategy for Aligning EHR Projects of the Federal Health Delivery Departments with Canada Health Infoway
(2012-08-02)The internship that was completed at Canada Health Infoway in the summer of 2004 allowed the author to understand Infoway as a strategic investor and internal processes for program targets, project selection, funding models ... -
"Information Technology”---the solution for the efficiency, effectiveness of Health Services
(2012-08-02)The internship is an integral part of the Master in Health Informatics (MHI) program. It has been such a great opportunity for the intern to obtain valuable insights and hands-on experience in a healthcare environment. The ... -
Computerization of paper based Glaucoma strategy AND Update of “Patient Information System” developed by Dr. Lesya Shuba
(2012-08-02)Dr. Raymond P LeBlanc is an eminent Senior Canadian Ophthalmologist, Glaucoma specialist. He is a visionary person. On my request and interest he provided me a work opportunity to computerize the paper based “Glaucoma ... -
South Western Nova Scotia District Health Authorities Information Systems Strategic Plan
(2012-08-02)The internship placement reported to the Director of Information Services for the three District Health Authorities of South Western Nova Scotia. The objective was to construct a five-year information systems strategic ... -
Development of a HL7 CDA R2 Compliant Discharge Summary Teaching Template for the QEII Renal Clinic
(2012-08-02)Internships give students of Health Informatics opportunities to receive on-the-job training and to connect their academic health informatics knowledge to the real world. This internship is composed of two objectives, ... -
Database Design for Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection of Breast Cancer
(2012-08-02)This 13-week internship project in Cancer Cancer Nova Scotia was aimed to design a database to collect information of sentinel lymph node dissection (SLND) for the credentialing of physicians who are interested to provide ... -
Health Information Management in a Critical Care Environment
(2012-07-31)This internship report involves the reworking of the data collection processes for the Division of Critical Care in the Capital District Health Authority. With attention to Health Informatics methods, interview processes ... -
Systems Analysis at Capital District Health Authority
(2012-07-31)Health Informaticians are faced with a tough challenge in today’s healthcare environment – to deliver innovative solutions for improving the way we deliver healthcare, while keeping within a strict budget. Capital District ... -
Documentation and Analysis of GASHA Hospice Palliative Care Delivery Processes
(2012-07-31)The internship placement took place at the StFX Centre for Logic and Information (CLI) in Antigonish, NS, and reported directly to the director of CLI, Dr. Wendy MacCaull, professor of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer ... -
Adaptive Clinical Pathway Using Semantic Web
(2012-07-31)Internship report - Winter 2005 It is commonly believed that the quality of healthcare can be improved by taking advantage of the latest medical knowledge and best practices. This is especially true when designing clinical ... -
Creation, Design and Implementation of Breast Reconstruction Surgical Database Network (::BRecSDNet)
(2012-07-31)The Breast Reconstruction Surgical Database Network (BRecSDNet) was initially proposed by Dr. Leif Sigurdson because the division of plastic surgery at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences centre does not have a central ... -
Life Cycle of CIHI’s Briefing Report: “Seniors’ Experiences with Chronic Disease Prevention and Management in Primary Health Care across Canada”
(2012-07-31)The scope of the project was to highlight the areas of improvement in management of chronic condition outcomes in elderly patients, so that appropriate policies could be implemented to overcome any gaps between the patients ... -
Using MetaMap Program to Map Medical Curriculum to MCC and One45 Controlled Vocabulary
(2012-07-31)This project was undertaken in order to assist Dalhousie University’s UGME department in tracking the frequency at which particular concepts appear within its curriculum. Data was generated for the sake of analysis regarding ... -
Preliminary Computer-based Healthcare System for Ministry of Health of Syria
(2012-07-31)This internship work is an initial step in designing a Healthcare System for the Arabian Republic of Syria. Syria itself is located at the eastern edges of the Mediterranean Sea, at the Middle East area in Asia. It has a ... -
The Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care Initiative: Implementing Nursing Sensitive Outcomes Measurement Across Sectors of the Health Care System
(2012-07-31)The measurement and assessment of patient health outcomes is important for ensuring that health care organizations are providing the best and most effective care. The Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care (HOBIC) ...