Canada Shifts to Community Based Care Models Using Telemedicine
Dr. Kendall Ho recently participated in a webinar about how technology and data can accentuate what has previously been done in the hospital and support the market transition towards community-based care models. Throughout this webinar, they explored: •What is driving community based care models •Distributed care and the new ‘medical home’ •The positive impact of […]
An App a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
On Thursday October 13th, 2016, join Dr. Kendall Ho for a free informative presentation on how to achieve better health and wellness in partnership with eHealth tools and health professionals. An App a Day Keeps the Doctor Away will be held from: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Maple Ridge Seniors Activity Center, 12150 224th st., […]
A Chinese-English Phrasebook for English-Speaking Medical Students
UBC students Meiying Zhuang and Wynn Tran, supervised by Digital Emergency Medicine under the Doctors, Patients and Society (DPAS) course at UBC Faculty of Medicine, have created a new phrasebook to support clinicians for medical encounters between English speaking medical students and Mandarin speaking patients. The phrasebook contains Mandarin Pronunciation and Simplified Chinese. You can view and download […]
Improving the Patient Experience during the Emergency Department Journey
You are invited to participate in research study conducted by Ming Yee (May) Chan, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, and Dr. Kendall Ho, Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia. The purpose of this study is to understand people’s experience in emergency departments, and their needs […]
Free Mental Health & Wellness public forum in Punjabi
On Sunday March 27th the interCultural Online Health Network (iCON) hosted a Free Mental Health & Wellness public forum. The forum was held from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Grand Taj Banquet Hall, Unit #6 8388 128th Street, Surrey. The forum focused on anxiety and depression and maintaining mental wellness. Health professionals discussed […]
TEC4Home – CIHR and MSFHR funding received to study remote health monitoring of seniors at their homes
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research(CIHR) and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research(MSFHR) announced 4 year funding for the Telehealth for Emergency-Community Continuity of Care Connectivity via Home-Telemonitoring (TEC4Home) project led by Professor Kendall Ho. For more details, please see: Faculty of Medicine CIHR news release MSFHR
Free Mental Health & Wellness public forum
On Saturday March 12th the interCultural Online Health Network (iCON) hosted a Free Mental Health & Wellness public forum. The forum focused on anxiety and depression and maintaining mental wellness. Health professionals discussed early detection, signs and symptoms, accessing available resources as well as lifestyle strategies for self-care. The forum featured engaging speakers, networking opportunities […]
Patient and community centered eHealth: Exploring eHealth barriers and facilitators
Study findings reveal that Chinese and Punjabi immigrant seniors in British Columbia have low eHealth literacy levels, compounded by challenges related to language, culture, attitude, and accessibility. As such, eHealth tools must be culturally-tailored and designed to address these barriers to better serve diverse populations. Read more online in the Health Policy and Technology Journal