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Besides conducting research, ACTION for Health researchers are also active in engaging decision-makers of all levels, practitioners and students in dialogue about the social influence of information technology on health care. This page provides access to the presentations researchers have given to-date. Presentations are organized by the following categories and alphabetically by the presenter(s)'s last name.

Presentations to Decision-Makers (Local Partners) [top]
Presenter(s)
Title
Name & Place of Event or Name of Audience
Date
Balka, Ellen
Automated Drug Dispensing Systems
Vancouver Coastal Health - VP, Clinical Innovation, Chief Technology Officer and senior staff.
November 25, 2004
Boulus, Nina
MidMain Community Clinic
Vancouver, BC
March 24, 2005
Boulus, Nina
MidMain Community Clinic
Vancouver, BC
January 16, 2005
Kahnamoui, Nicki
EMR Implementation Review and Report
MidMain Community Clinic. Vancouver, BC
October, 2004
Smith, Karen

Results from Pre-Internet Interviews in the Waiting Room

MidMain Community Clinic
Vancouver, BC

May 9th, 2005

Tolar, Marianne

KAV Case Study Presentation to health care workers

Wilhelminenspital, Krankenhaus Lainz, (part of KAV association of hospitals) Vienna, Austria March, April, 2005

 

Presentations to Decision-Makers (Provincial Level) [top]
Presenter(s)
Title
Name & Place of Event or Name of Audience
Date
Irving Rootman

Read the Writing on the Wall: An overview of health literacy
British Columbia Ministry of Health Planning.
Victoria, BC
October 15, 2003

 

Presentations to Decision-Makers (Federal Level) [top]
Presenter(s)
Title
Name & Place of Event or Name of Audience
Date
Balka, Ellen
The Role of Technology in the Production, Consumption and Use of Health Information: Implications for Policy and Practice
Industry Canada.
Ottawa, Ontario

January 23, 2004

Balka, Ellen

The Role of Technology in the Production, Consumption and Use of Health Information: Implications for Policy and Practice
Health Canada —
Senior Decision-Makers.
Ottawa, Ontario.

January 23, 2004
Balka, Ellen & Wathen, Nadine ACTION for Health Project Summary (PDF,484Kb)
Preliminary Findings from Vancouver Public Library Survey (PDF, 421Kb)
Research Examples (PDF, 359Kb)
Legal Issues (PDF, 449Kb)
The Knowledge Project. Ottawa, Ontario

February 17, 2005

Balka, Ellen

Implementing the Canadian Health Information Highway: Issues Arising in Health Sector Work and Legal & Ethical Issues Health Canada —
Senior Decision-Makers.
Ottawa, Ontario.

February 23, 2005

Balka, Ellen

Access and Equity on the Canadian Health Information Highway: Preliminary Research Findings Industry Canada — Managers.
Ottawa, Ontario
February 23, 2005

 

Presentations to Practitioners [top]
Presenter(s)
Title
Name & Place of Event or Name of Audience
Date
Balka, Ellen
Documents and Work Practices in Medical Work: Challenges and Opportunities
Advanced Business Center Lecture Series, Ricoh, Inc. —
Technology Designers
San Jose, California
September 15, 2005

 

Guest Teaching [top]
Presenter(s)
Title
Name & Place of Event or Name of Audience
Date
Balka, Ellen
Technology Trouble? Talk to Us! Introduction of the Wireless Call System
Talk in Rotterdam at Department of Health Management and Policy, Erasmus University. Rotterdam, Netherlands
April 27, 2005

Balka, Ellen
From Theory to Practice and Back: An Action Research Case Report
Guest Lecture in INF 503: Research Methods in Health Informatics. University of Victoria, School of Health Information Sciences, Victoria, BC
January 13, 2005
Balka, Ellen
Information Technology in Healthcare: Snapshots from the Field
Simon Fraser University School of Communication Brown Bag Lunch Series, Burnaby, BC.
December 2, 2004
Balka, Ellen
Technology and Patient Safety: Systems and Governance Issues
Health Law and Technology Institute, Dalhousie University. Halifax, NS
November 19, 2004
Balka, Ellen

Course Faculty, Literacy and Health Research Workshop for Graduate Students

Second Canadian Conference on Literacy and Health. Staying the Course: Literacy and Health in the First Decade.
Ottawa, ON
October 16 – 17, 2004
Balka, Ellen The Campbell Collaboration

The Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation Condensed Systematic Review Course, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority. Vancouver, BC October 26, 2004
Balka, Ellen The Campbell Collaboration

The Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation Condensed Systematic Review Course, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority. Vancouver, BC September 27, 2004
Balka, Ellen Field Research Techniques: Work Practice Research and Francophone Ergonomics Kinesiology 885, Simon Fraser University.
Burnaby, BC
September 23, 2004
Balka, Ellen Participatory Design: From Theory to Practice (and Back)! The Bridge Research Colloquium, Simon Fraser University.
Surrey, BC
April 16, 2004
Balka, Ellen The Role of Technology in the Production, Consumption and Use of Health Information: Implications for Policy and Practice Institute for Health Promotion Research, University of British Columbia.
Vancouver, BC
January 8, 2004

 


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