Dr El Karsh practices family medicine in the community of Qualicum beach on Vancouver Island. In recent months, Dr. El Karsh decided to join the Health Data Coalition (HDC) to support his quality improvement efforts using HDC Discover. He found the application easy to use, complimented his Med Access EMR well, especially for seeing ‘at a glance’ areas that he [...]
We are hiring! Medical Director, Health Data Coalition Part-time, Remote We are searching for a new Medical Director to contribute to our physician-led organization to lead and participate at both an Operational and Strategic level: Operational: Champion and advocate of data informed healthcare through thought leadership Engage with community physicians and partners to support physician QI through online learning Provide [...]
The HDC is hiring! Technical Product Manager, Health Data Coalition Full-time, Remote Are you: An experienced product professional who thrives in a fast-paced and evolving environment. A holder of a proven track record in identifying requirements and leading the development of new features. Keen to build products that will have an impact on primary care practice in British Columbia. The [...]
The HDC Board is thrilled that over the summer, we’ve surpassed the milestone of 1,000 physicians enrolled and since then, growth has continued. The Board would like to recognize the huge effort put into achieving this milestone and thank both HDC staff and our partners for their support. Our mission has always been to provide trusted and meaningful access to [...]
HDC Discover 2.17 Release Notes These release notes contain supplemental information about Version 2.17 of HDC Discover. Please do not hesitate to contact our support email support@hdcbc.ca should you have any questions or comments about any of these changes. What’s new? The definition of obesity by measurement has been changed based on the BC guidelines recommendations: Obesity . The definition [...]
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 [...]
HDC Discover 2.15 Release Notes These release notes contain supplemental information about Version 2.15 of HDC Discover. Please do not hesitate to contact our support email support@hdcbc.ca should you have any questions or comments about any of these changes. What’s new? For MedAccess and Profile users We are introducing two new measures: COPD and post bronchodilator spirometry at anytime [...]