Events
Upcoming
HIP Week 2021: Futureproof
| Join the Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA) for HIP Week 2021: Futureproof from October 4-8. This year’s virtual event celebrates the work of health information professionals and discusses opportunities for the future. There will be curated education sessions in our INSPIRATION track about how the future will impact the health information profession. The SHOWCASE track will feature products, services, and advancements in health care and beyond on behalf of our partners. Sit in on APPLIED track sessions focused on outcomes, new efficiencies, and best practices working with health data and information. Lastly, the NETWORK track will provide space to connect with fellow professionals and debrief after a busy week of learning. |
Fostering Innovative Digital Health Technologies in Canada
| The Infoway Partnership Series includes monthly sessions from May to October 2021. Each month, you can join hour and half long sessions to learn about Canada Health Infoway’s latest initiatives and health sector updates — and hear from a wide range of national and international leaders and experts. Details: September 21, 2021 Time to be determined |
Digital Health Information Exchange (DHIEX) Webinar 3
| This webinar will focus on Ontario’s collaboration (Pan Canadian), which enables secure exchange of patient summaries across multiple solutions to support transitions of care and cross-jurisdictional patient flows. Learn more about the patient summary project updates based on consultations with clinicians and the EMR community. Gain insights into the challenges to implementing a patient summary and approaches used in other jurisdictions to address these challenges. Details: Date: September 22, 2021 Time: 1-2 PM EST |
Five-part interactive leadership series
| Save the dates for the upcoming 5-part interactive leadership series facilitated by Ranya Elan from Re.coach. The session topics include: -Positive leadership intelligence -Resilient leaders -Leading now -Your leadership brand -Leader as coach CPE credits: 8 Details: Dates: Every Wednesday in September 2021 Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET |
Safer Prescribing Practices + Medication Management
| The Infoway Partnership Series includes monthly sessions from May to October 2021. Each month, you can join hour and half long sessions to learn about Canada Health Infoway’s latest initiatives and health sector updates — and hear from a wide range of national and international leaders and experts. Details: October 19, 2021 Time to be determined |
Past
Digital Health Data & AI: A Fireside Chat with Peter Bak, CIO at Humber River Hospital
| Join Dr. Peter Bak, Chief Innovation Officer at Humber River Hospital, and Semantic Health for a webinar on digital health data. We will discuss how you can improve the speed and accuracy of coding and auditing processes while gaining value from clinical data. CPE credits: 1 CPE credit Details: Date: July 22, 2021 Time: 11 am EST |
CDI: An organizational commitment
| A successful CDI program, no matter how big or small, is a team effort that reaches physicians, coders, and CDI specialists working together to achieve the organization’s documentation goals. 3M Canada’s clinical specialist Kim Myrick delves into the roles involved and the technologies available to assist the organization at every step of the way. CPE credits: 1 CPE credit Details: Date: Thursday, July 22, 2021 Time: 12 pm – 1 pm ET Cost: Free |
Partnering for Success
| The Infoway Partnership Series includes monthly sessions from May to October 2021. Each month, you can join hour and half long sessions to learn about Canada Health Infoway’s latest initiatives and health sector updates — and hear from a wide range of national and international leaders and experts. Details: July 20, 2021 Time to be determined |
Let’s Talk Informatics
| Nova Scotia Health Information Management and Technology is pleased to welcome Daryl MacNeil, Manager, Project Services & Performance Improvement, and Eder Pulido, Senior Decision Support Analyst, Quality & System Performance from Nova Scotia Health as our guest speakers for the next Let’s Talk Informatics webinar: Nova Scotia Health Teams Support COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout. Details: July 22, 2021 7:30 – 8:30 AM AST |
Digital Excellence in Health Webinar Series: Ontario Health’s Patient Summary Project
| On Tuesday, July 20, at 11-Noon EST, Ontario Health continues our Digital Health Information Exchange (DHIEX) webinar series with a one-hour session focused on the patient summary standard. This webinar will provide an overview of Ontario’s role, in conjunction with Canada Health Infoway, in allowing secure sharing of patient summaries across different solutions to support transitions of care and cross-jurisdictional patient flows. A patient summary is a health record extract comprised of a standardized collection of clinical information that provides a snapshot in time of a subject of care’s health information and health care. |
Annual general meeting
| Please save the date for our annual general meeting (AGM). All members are welcome to join, and those who are professional members or retired professional members have the ability to vote. We are looking forward to your participation. Details: Thursday, June 24, 2021 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET |
Improving the Clinician Experience
| The Infoway Partnership Series includes monthly sessions from May to October 2021. Each month, you can join hour and half long sessions to learn about Canada Health Infoway’s latest initiatives and health sector updates — and hear from a wide range of national and international leaders and experts. Details: August 17, 2021 Time to be determined |
Let’s Talk Informatics
Nova Scotia Health is hosting the next instalment of their Let’s Talk Informatics series on January 28, 2021.
Join Dr. David Clarke, Head of the Division of Neurosurgery at Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health for a webinar on computational systems in Nova Scotia Health neurosurgery. Dr. Clarke will discuss the interface of neurosurgical care and computer systems and technologies as they relate to intra-operative patient care.
Details
Thursday, January 28, 2021
6:30 AM – 7:30 AM EST
Digital Excellence in Health (DxH) Portfolio webinar
| The Digital Health Information Exchange (DHIEX) is the regulatory framework that gives Ontario Health authority to regulate the exchange of digital health information for consistent and meaningful sharing across the province’s various systems and providers. Hear from Sue Schneider and Andrew Smith, both leaders within the Digital Excellence in Health portfolio. They will provide a high-level overview of some changes to existing interoperability standards to align with the regulation. Details: May 27, 2021 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm ET |
Improving Patient/Caregiver Digital Health Literacy
| The Infoway Partnership Series includes monthly sessions from May to October 2021. Each month, you can join hour and half long sessions to learn about Canada Health Infoway’s latest initiatives and health sector updates — and hear from a wide range of national and international leaders and experts. Details: June 15, 2021 Time to be determined |
The Ontario Ministry of Health Dialogue on Data
The Ontario Ministry of Health’s Dialogue on Data is a public policy consultation, including both civic and stakeholder engagement, to identify the policy requirements for the future state health data ecosystem. This consultation is part of Ontario’s commitment to transform its health system into one that is world-leading, data-driven, and digitally integrated.
Speaker: Christine Sham, Director, Information Management Strategy and Policy, Ontario Ministry of Health
Christine has had an important role in shaping and leading digital health strategy in the Ministry of Health for nearly two decades. In her current role as Director, Information Management Strategy and Policy at the Ministry, she champions the development and implementation of provincial health data and digital strategies that will catalyze health system transformation and digital health innovation.
Details:
Thursday, June 17
1:00 to 2:00 pm ET
There is no cost to attend this event!
Cardiology chart review — coding education session
| This session will include an emergency visit, inpatient stay, and second inpatient stay after a transfer to a tertiary hospital. There will be a thoughtful analysis and thorough explanation of the required codes. January 28, 2021 | 1:00 – 4:00 pm ET | Virtual in GoToWebinar, limited space available | Free |
Let’s Talk Informatics
| Nova Scotia Health is pleased to host the next instalment of the Let’s Talk Informatics series on March 25, 2021. The session will focus on Coding & Abstracting and Data Submission to CIHI. Join Linda Plummer, CHIM, Director IM/IT Health Information Services Clinical Documentation, Audit and Reporting. Linda will be sharing her knowledge and experience through her presentation Coding & Abstracting and Data Submission to CIHI. Details Thursday, March 25, 2021 7:30 – 8:30 am AST |
Let’s Talk Informatics
| Nova Scotia Health is pleased to host the next instalment of the Let’s Talk Informatics series on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Lindsay Bertrand, Ashely Miller and Sree Roy from our One Person One Record (OPOR) team will share how they are leveraging technology to promote high-value physician collaboration as part of the One Person One Record program. Details Thursday, April 29 7:30 – 8:30 am AST |
Health Care Landscape
| The Infoway Partnership Series includes monthly sessions from May to October 2021. Each month, you can join hour and half long sessions to learn about Canada Health Infoway’s latest initiatives and health sector updates — and hear from a wide range of national and international leaders and experts. Details May 18, 2021 12:30 – 2:30 ET |
Let’s Talk Informatics
Nova Scotia Health is pleased to host the next installment of the Let’s Talk Informatics series on February 25, 2020. The session will focus on health technology safety and feature Elizabeth Borycki, a professor at the School of Health Information Science and director of the Global Laboratory for Digital Health Innovation at the University of Victoria.
Details
Thursday, February 25, 2021
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET
Using GIS from Data Gathering to Storytelling – Part 1
This is the first webinar in a three-part series, where you’ll learn how to gather, map, analyze, and share health data using geographic information system (GIS) technology.
CPE credits: 1.5 CPE credits
Details
Wed, Jan. 20, 2021 | 12 – 1:30 p.m. ET | English
Cost: Free
Using GIS from Data Gathering to Storytelling – Part 2
This is the second webinar in a three-part series, where you’ll learn how to gather, map, analyze and share health data using geographic information system (GIS) technology.
CPE credits: 1.5 CPE credits
Details:
Wed, Jan. 27, 2021 | 12 – 1:30 p.m. ET | English
Cost: Free
Using GIS from Data Gathering to Storytelling – Part 3
This is the third webinar in a three-part series, where you’ll learn how to gather, map, analyze and share health data using geographic information system (GIS) technology.
CPE credits: 1.5 CPE credits
Details:
Wed, Feb. 03, 2021 | 12 – 1:30 p.m. ET | English
Cost: Free
Emerging Privacy Management Practices in Health Care
Module 5: privacy breach management
The privacy breach management module reviews mandatory reporting requirements and the four essential components of an effective privacy breach incident management plan: spot & stop, investigate, notify/report, and prevent. This is essential information for every HIM professional, whether in traditional roles, compliance, or privacy officer roles. Included in this module you will find the following:
- Learning resources guide
- Privacy breach reporting by province/territory
- LIVE webinar on December 3, 2020 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm EST
Health information and its impacts: A discussion with Canada’s health information professionals
Join us for a WCT national webinar about the relevance of health information and the critical role that our professionals have in health care systems in Canada. Leaders across all sectors will be in attendance to learn about the health information industry and its workforce.
Panelists include:
▪️ Monique Rasmussen, CCDIS, CHIM
▪️ Patricia Visosky, MSc, CHIM
▪️ Jennifer Bennett, MBA, CHIM
Date: November 25, 2020
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Cost: $ 33.90 (includes taxes of $ 3.90)
Please use discount code CHIMA1120 for 100% off the cost of a ticket.
CHIMA professional members can earn 1 CPE credit for attending. Please submit this manually under category 1.
Journey to the Cloud: Grand River Hospital
On November 24th, learn about Grand River Hospital’s cloud adoption journey, including strategy and migration. Hear lessons learned for similar healthcare and life sciences organizations that are looking to move data to the AWS Cloud from a traditional on premises setup.
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Time: 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET
Duration: 60 minutes
Emerging Privacy Management Practices in Health Care
Module 4: security and cybersecurity
The security/cybersecurity module will explore common types of cyber threats, proactive privacy and security framework and considerations including risk assessments, access controls, audits, and more. Included in this module you will find the following:
- Learning resources guide
- LIVE webinar on November 5, 2020 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm EST
Introduction to ICD-11
November 9, 2020 at either 10:00-11:00 or 15:00-16:00 CET (same content).
CHIMA’s professional members can earn 1 CPE credit with the Canadian College of Health Information Management for attending this webinar.
Let’s Talk Informatics
The next presentation in this series is here! People, process, and physical space: How Building Branches assists in implementing the One Person One Record-CIS takes place on October 29, 2020.
Join Kim Thompson, Lindsay Bertrand, Andrea Hilchie-Pye, and Katie Williams from Nova Scotia Health’s One Person One Record (OPOR) team. They will discuss how the Building Branches methodology can inform clinical requirements and change readiness in advance of OPOR-CIS.
Details
Thursday, October 29, 2020
6:30AM–7:30AM Eastern
Finding your compass–leading through uncertainty
Attend the 2020 BC Health Leaders Conference to learn how to better navigate the health system challenges that are being faced across the country. Discover how leadership through innovation, creativity, and flexibility can help you find and trust your leadership compass.
Take advantage of the discussion forum section of the virtual conference platform to engage with other health leaders across Canada. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions through the virtual platform chat to our keynote speakers live after their presentation.
October 29 – 30, 2020
For further information, contact:
Devon Saulis
Coordinator, Conferences and Events
[email protected]
1-800-363-9056 ext. 222
Emerging Privacy Management Practices in Health Care
Module 3: access and disclosure
The access and disclosure module is in relation to patient portals, information sharing and health information exchange environments. Portal architecture models will be discussed along with their privacy and security considerations (e.g., managing access, encryptions and password resets). An interview with special guest, Carolynne Powe, will be shared as well. Included in this module you will find the following:
- Learning resources guide
- LIVE webinar on October 1, 2020 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm EST
- Carolynne Powe interview video & transcript
Let’s Talk Informatics
The Nova Scotia Health Authority is hosting another free Let’s Talk Informatics presentation as part of its monthly Informatics Grand Rounds series.
On June 25, they will welcome guest speakers Steve Carrigan, manager of performance and analytics at NSHA, and Matt Murphy, director of performance, analytics, and accountability at NSHA. This presentation will explore the role of Nova Scotia Health’s performance and analytics team during COVID-19.
Details
June 25, 2020
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM ADT
CANON COVID-19 mini summit
The Canadian Anonymization Network is holding its first mini summit on June 17, 2020. The free event will focus on privacy and other considerations associated with automated contact tracing.
The speaker line up for the mini summit includes:
- Pollyanna Sanderson, Policy Counsel, Future of Privacy Forum
- Dan Bogdanov, Head of Department of Information Security Systems, Cybernetica (Estonia)
- Teresa Scassa, Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy, University of Ottawa
- Haksoo Ko, Professor, Seoul National University School of Law (South Korea)
Details
June 17, 2020
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
CANON COVID-19 mini summit
This mini summit explores the challenges of getting access to data relevant for understanding the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts, as well as for developing new treatments. The summaries of cases and outcomes that we often see today provide limited insights. We need to unleash the data science community globally to develop descriptive and predictive models with more comprehensive data. This mini summit will present a vision for broad data access and what different organizations are doing to make this a reality.
Details
July 15, 2020
10:50 AM – 1:30 PM EDT
Annual General Meeting
The Canadian Health Information Management Association and Canadian College of Health Information Management (together, the Organization) invite you to attend the annual general meeting (AGM) on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 1:30 pm–2:30 pm ET.
Let’s Talk Informatics
On July 30, the Nova Scotia Health Authority is hosting its next Let’s Talk Informatics session, “Finding your way in a time of uncertainty: informatics & the COVID-19 Hub.” This online presentation will explore how Nova Scotia Health supported its pandemic response through the coordination of the COVID-19 Hub website.
There will be numerous speakers from NSHA’s Provincial Library Services, Policy Office, and Interprofessional Practice and Learning teams.
Details
Thursday, July 30, 2020
7:30 AM–8:30 AM ADT
Emerging Privacy Management Practices in Health Care
Module 1: privacy awareness
The privacy awareness module will provide an overview of provincial, territorial, and federal legislation and agreements related to health information. The responsibility of privacy awareness training in health care organizations will be discussed, and best practices shared. In this module you will find the following:
- Learning resources guide
- Selected privacy laws and key terms by province/territory
- Privacy legislation summary across Canada
- LIVE webinar on August 6, 2020 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm EST
Emerging Privacy Management Practices in Health Care
Module 2: release of information
The release of information (ROI) module covers key privacy principles and best practices for documenting ROI in electronic medical records. It includes management and distribution tools, case studies, examples, and a special guest interview with Karen Toovey. Included in this module you will find the following:
- Learning resources guide
- LIVE webinar on September 3, 2020 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm EST
- Karen Toovey’s interview video & transcript
Let’s Talk Informatics: Nova Scotia’s Virtual Care Revolution
Nova Scotia Health is pleased to present the next instalment of their Let’s Talk Informatics series, ‘Nova Scotia’s Virtual Care Revolution,’ which will take place on September 24, 2020.
This webinar features Katie Heckman and Stacey Lake from Nova Scotia Health’s information management and technology virtual care team discussing how they onboarded over 3000 clinicians to Zoom for Healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will provide an overview of the challenges and opportunities associated with the unique circumstances that prompted a revolution in virtual care in Nova Scotia.
Details
Thursday, September 24, 2020
6:30 AM – 7:30 AM EDT