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Integrated Quality Database
(2017-08-18)The organization: EMC provides ground and air ambulance services to Nova Scotians in emergencies. The services range from basic to advanced life support. Telehealth (811) is also part of this company which provides medical ... -
Clinical Alarm Management Project Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS
(2017-08-18)Research confirms that more than 70% of clinical alarms are unnecessary. Exposing clinicians to high volume of undesirable alarms may cause alarm fatigue associated with increasing patient risks and deaths. Alarm fatigue ... -
Utilising Bioportal to map terms in the Canada Vigilance Adverse Reaction Online Database to various terminologies and to identify the ideal terminology to supplement MedDRA to aid in Pharmacovigilance activities.
(2017-08-18)The Canada Vigilance Program is Health Canada’s post marketing surveillance program that collects and analyzes data related to the adverse events of health products that are marketed in Canada. Health Canada periodically ... -
Investigating Canadian Business & System Requirements at Allscripts Canada
(2017-08-11)Understanding the foundational principles upon which our healthcare organization is built, is perhaps one of the most crucial things when considering the implementation of healthcare technology within different clinical ... -
User Growth Intern at Figure 1
(2017-08-18)The purpose of user growth is to acquire new users to use a product or service. In the case of the internship at Figure 1, user growth is acquiring health care professionals for medical collaboration. Figure 1 is a tech ... -
Mapping Adverse Drug Reactions in Canadian Vigilance Adverse Reaction Database to various standardized terminologies and determining an ideal terminology to be...
(2017-08-18)Canada Vigilance Program is Health Canada’s post-market surveillance program that gathers and evaluates reports of suspected adverse drug reactions to various health products. This facilitates Health Canada to monitor ... -
Implementation of ChekOne Task Verification Software
(2017-08-18)The internship was performed at IWK Health Centre from May 10th, 2017 to September 8th 2017. The objective of the internship was to implement the ChekOne task verification software to track and monitor the daily work ... -
Health Data Analyst at DGI Clinical
(2017-08-18)This report discusses the internship undertaken by the author at DGI Clinical, a Halifax based company that provides innovative clinical metric solutions that demonstrate clinically meaningful outcomes of treatments. The ... -
Certification and Requirements Writing at Allscripts Canada
(2017-08-11)This document is a reflection of MHI internship performed at Allscripts Healthcare Inc., Canada, from May 15 – August 11, 2017. Allscripts Healthcare Inc. is an innovative company that provides healthcare solutions and ... -
Designing and Building an Internal Database at AGADA Biosciences
(2017-04-27)This report keeps track of the author’s internship at AGADA Biosciences in Halifax, Nova Scotia. AGADA Biosciences is a company who specializes in performing pre-clinical studies using murine models. They focus on ... -
Informatics Student Innovator with IWK Health Centre
(2016-08-15)This summer I have worked with IWK Health Centre and their Informatics Department in a novel position titled ‘Student Innovator in Health Informatics’, seeking to bring a health informatics based solution of my design ... -
Health System Key Performance Indicators
(2016-07-15)The Nova Scotia government and the Health Authorities need to ensure accountability so existing health system resources are maximized. To monitor system performance, information is needed about where dollars are spent and ... -
Evaluation of an Electronic Central Referral Intake System and the Development of a CMS User Reference Manual for Nova Scotia Hearing and Speech Centres
(2016-08-11)1.0 Executive Summary 1.1 Scope The CMS User Reference Manual project and the Electronic Central Referral Intake System Feasibility Report project will ultimately extend to all Nova Scotia Hearing and Speech Centers ... -
Identifying clinical workflows and Canadian requirements Allscripts Summer Internship Report 2016
(2016-07-25)This internship took place in the Allscripts Richmond Office, B.C, starting May 16, 2016, and lasting for 13 weeks. This internship report was written to report the work performed by the author in a timely manner. The ... -
Medication Reconciliation Project at Allscripts Canada
(2016-08-10)The author performed the Master of Health Informatics Internship at Allscripts Canada, a Health IT company that delivers information technology and services to help healthcare organizations achieve better clinical, financial ... -
Data Flow Diagram Project For Perinatal Follow Up Program
(2016-07-15)The author wrote this internship report to provide and describe, in detail, her duties to successfully achieve the data flow diagram project. This internship project was conducted from May 2 to July 29 2016 for the perinatal ... -
Working with Customer Success (CS) Team to collaborate with customers both in the business and information systems by analyzing data, solving problems and finding creative solutions
(2016-07-15)This report describes the internship work performed by author at ResMed as a Junior Business Analyst, part of Customer Success Team under Healthcare Informatics department, during April 4, 2016 to July 8, 2016. ResMed is ... -
Recommendations for the future version of electronic discharge summary at Nova Scotia Health Authority
(2016-04-08)Continuity of care is important for quality healthcare delivery. Communication between various healthcare providers plays an important role in the continuity of care. Discharge summaries that are sent out from hospitals ... -
Furthering an Innovative Approach to Caring for the Frail Elderly
(2016-03-28)People over the age of 65 (seniors) are the fastest growing demographic in Canada representing approximately 15% of the total national population in 2013 and expecting to grow to 24% by 2036 (Statistics Canada). The cost ... -
Designing a Database to Facilitate Efficient Information Management at the Health Mentors Program Office
(2016-03-23)This report describes the internship work performed at the Health Mentors program (HMP) office at Dalhousie University. HMP is an inter-professional education program under Dalhousie’s Faculties of Medicine, Health Professions ...