Description
Session 1: 0208 Health Informatics – One Person, One Record
The OPOR program is a digital health transformation project that will improve healthcare and health outcomes for Nova Scotia. The implementation of a modern, single clinical information system will automate manual and paper processes, standardize clinical workflow, and will provide patients and providers seamless access to health information, when they need it, where they need it.
Speaker
Heather LeBlanc, CHIM
Clinical Informatics Lead, One Person One Record Program
Nova Scotia Health Authority
Session 2: 0209 Privacy & Conf – who, what, where, why, and how
Join Karen Hornberger, Angela Currie, and Katie Smith, three Privacy leaders at Nova Scotia Health as they answer all your questions about “a day in the life” of a Privacy Professional and what it takes to build a successful Privacy career.
Speaker
Karen Hornberger
Privacy Team
Nova Scotia Health Authority
Session 3: 0210 Data Integrity when it Matters Most
An account of the creation, development, and legacy of the Data Integrity Unit. An important partnership between Nova Scotia Health and Department of Health & Wellness for a Public Health Pandemic.
Speaker
Julie Johnson RN, MN, BSc, DHSA, CPHIMS-CA
Team Lead
Nova Scotia Health
Session 4: 0211 HIM Career reflection
Getting outside your comfort zone – Coming full circle in my career
Narrative on her own educational and career journey, this session will highlight Crystal’s experiences with anxiety and uncertainty and how they ultimately lead to strengthened leadership and interview skills.
Speaker
Crystal Hirtle, BSc, CHIM
Faculty
Nova Scotia Community College
A tale of two countries: My career journey and the future of HIM
This presentation will focus on the importance of knowledge-sharing across health systems to tackle common problems and highlight the valuable contribution that immigrants bring to Atlantic Canada. Claire will also highlight the talent she sees in her current students and why she truly believes that exciting times are ahead as the program continues to attract highly motivated and diverse students who are the HIMs of tomorrow.
Speaker
Claire Murdock
Faculty
Nova Scotia Community College
Session 5: 0213 Relationship between privacy & records management
Privacy and RIM share common principles that can be leveraged to add value to a health care system. This session will explore that relationship and one example of this partnership in an org structure.
Speaker
Jeanne Macdougall, BA
Director, Privacy and Information Management
Health PEI