Are you interested in providing leadership for collective impact across BC and improving the use of data to support a learning health system? Do you know a colleague whose expertise would be valuable to this effort? The Health Data Coalition invites nominations for Board Directors to be elected by the Members at the Annual General Meeting on September 23, 2021. [...]
Want to learn more our HDC Discover application? Join our webinar to see it in action! These programs are designed to help increase understanding of the practical clinical use of the HDC Discover application. Each of our webinars focus on a different disease area or clinical problem, and can also serve as a ‘primer’ for participation in PSP practice improvement [...]
As part of our accredited, interactive webinar series, HDC hosted a session last week where we demonstrated how healthcare providers can use HDC Discover to gain a broader perspective on respiratory disease in practice. COVID-19 has raised everyone’s awareness of the risk of clinically vulnerable patients developing a serious systemic disease that can result in significant morbidity and mortality. Chronic respiratory [...]
Dr Omesh Syal used HDC Discover to conduct a quality improvement project that both benefitted his patients and his practice. Dr Omesh Syal, a family physician in Prince George, was browsing his HDC Discover dashboard to gain a higher-level perspective of his practice. With Prince George having both a rurally and culturally diverse population, Dr Syal decided to [...]
As part of our accredited, interactive webinar series, HDC hosted another session this week where we demonstrated how healthcare providers can use HDC Discover to gain a broader perspective on diabetes in practice. Diabetes is often related to additional health issues, including obesity and hypertension. Using HDC Discover, healthcare providers can compare the prevalence of diabetes to other clinical measures. They can then compare [...]
Want to learn more about HDC and our HDC Discover application? Come join our webinar to see it in action! This session is targeted towards those with little to no knowledge about HDC Discover. These programs are designed to help increase understanding of the practical clinical use of the HDC Discover application. Each of our webinars focus on a different [...]
The use of data to assist in proactive care of populations at risk - Mental Health January 25th, 12pm - 1pm OR January 26th, 8am - 9am Due to the popularity of our Mental Health webinar this past October, we're offering two new dates in January 2021. This is your chance to attend if you missed the first offering! These [...]
Did you hear? GPSC leaders are strongly encouraging family physicians who participate in PSP services such as coaching or Panel Management to enrol with the Health Data Coalition (HDC). The General Practice Services Committee (GPSC), which funds and supports the HDC, saw a natural alignment with the Practice Support Program (PSP). PSP offers programs and services to help doctors build [...]
The use of data to assist in proactive care of populations at risk – Substance Use November 24th, 12pm – 1pm OR November 25th, 8am – 9am This is the last webinar being offered by the HDC this year. These programs are designed to help increase understanding of the practical clinical use of the HDC Discover application. November's session will focus on substance use. Don't [...]
Last week we hosted the second webinar in our accredited, interactive series. The session focused on using HDC Discover to gain a broader perspective on mental health in your practice. Amidst a global pandemic, the collective mental health of our population has been challenged like never before. The struggles with men’s mental health in particular cannot be denied. On average (pre-pandemic) men [...]