Accepted Type
Dedicated Poster
Code
P4 - 02
Acceptance Declaration
Accept
Additional Information
I declare I have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program.
Was this work accepted for CCME 2020?
no
Category
General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)
Type
Poster
Sub Type
Education Innovation
Will the presenter be a:
Other
Presenter Other
Director eHealth Research Unit / Associate Professor
Affiliation
Title
Digital Health: Interdisciplinary engagement to foster industry growth
Length of Presentation
Background/Purpose
Healthcare and education in the 21st century must transcend physical walls. Technologies can support patient/client self-care behaviours and enable more timely access to patient/client information and consultations with other interprofessional healthcare team members. Digital Health is a multidisciplinary field that involves the use of information and communications technologies to facilitate healthcare delivery and address the health information needs faced by patients and health care professionals.
Summary of the Innovation
A provincial symposium brought together researchers and experts in the field of digital health, governmental and health delivery stakeholders, health care professionals, and representatives from professional associations and industry to help nurture opportunities for growing interdisciplinary digital health research programs to advance the health of the people and communities we serve. Topics included clinical applications of digital health, demonstrations of innovations, interactive/panel discussions, patient perspectives and business model implications.
Conclusion
The event was well-received and highly rated by participants who felt their learning needs were met and expanded their knowledge on initiatives and opportunities throughout the province while remaining relevant to their practice. The prevalent suggested improvement to future events would be to expand the schedule and scope of such an event to bring increased government, industry and medical allied health voices into the discussion. The success of this event lead to additional funding and the delivery of a regionalized digital health symposium focused on public engagement, rural innovation and delivery.
Keyword 1
Digital Health
Keyword 2
Community Engagement
Keyword 3
Industry Engagement
Level of Training
General
Abstract Themes
Inter-professional Education
Additional Theme (First choice)
Distributed Medical Education
Additional Theme (Second Choice)
Additional Theme (Third Choice)
Authors
Presenter
Gerard Farrell
Term 1
Yes
Term 2
Yes
Term 3
Yes
Term 4
Yes
Term 5
Yes
