Announcements

General announcements about the eHealth Strategy Office or related information.

An App a Day keeps the doctor away event

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., […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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

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

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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 […]

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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

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Registration for the eHITS Public Forum is now open!

To find out more information about this free event, including time, location, speakers and registration visit www.ehitsbc.ca