Schedule

Conference Locations

  • MaRS Centre

    MaRS Centre, 101 College Street, Toronto, ON Canada M5G 1L7

    • Auditorium
    • CR2
    • CR3
    • Lobby

Conference Schedule

Thursday, September 4, 2008


08:30 AM - 09:00 AM Breakfast/Registration
09:00 AM - 09:30 AM Opening Talks
Greetings from the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), and CHIRAD, Peter J. Murray, IMIA Vice President for Strategic Planning

Welcome from the Conference Chair Gunther Eysenbach, Senior Scientist, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Toronto; Editor/Publisher, Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM in MaRS Centre Auditorium
Topic: Building virtual communities and social networking applications for health professionals
Pat Rich*, Director CMA Online Content, Canadian Medical Association (CMA)
Asklepios: The CMA's new social networking site for Canadian physicians (Practice Track)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM in MaRS Centre Auditorium
Topic: Building virtual communities and social networking applications for patients and consumers
Jeana Frost*, PatientsLikeMe
Michael Massagli, PatientsLikeMe
Social uses of personal health information within PatientsLikeMeTM, an online patient community: What can happen when patients have access to one another's data (Research Track)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Break with Refreshments + Poster Viewing
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM in MaRS Centre Auditorium
Topic: Blogs
Neil Seeman*, School of Health Services Management, Ryerson University & IBM Healthcare
Inside the Health Blogosphere: Governance, Quality and the New Opinion Leaders (Research Track)
 
Bertalan Mesko*, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
Jennifer McCabe Gorman , Health 2.0/Nexthealth
Keith J Kaplan*
Sam Solomon*
Peter Murray*
Medical Bloggers Panel (Practice Track)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM in MaRS Centre CR2
Topic: Consumer empowerment, patient-physician relationship, and sociotechnical issues
Chair: Joan Dzenowagis
Robert Verheij*, Neth. Inst. for Health Services Reseach (NIVEL)
Carmen Ton , Neth. Inst. for Health Services Research (NIVEL)
Kiek Tates
Hesitative Introduction of E-mail consultations in General Practice (Research Track)
 
Holly Witteman*, Human Factors, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering; Health Care, Technology and Place, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Laura O'Grady*, Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine; Centre for Global eHealth Innovation; Health Care, Technology and Place, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Not every site needs a wiki: A conceptual framework for health Websites (Research Track)
 
Shannon Hughes*, School of Social Work Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
David Cohen, School of Social Work Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
The Construction of Expertise in the Age of the Internet: Psychotropic Drug Knowledge in Consumer-Constructed Online Spaces (General Track)
 
Peter Pennefather*, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto ON, CANADA
West Suhanic, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON CANDA
BioTIFF: Articulating Self-Documenting Personal Health Digital Information Artefacts (Developer Track)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM in MaRS Centre CR3
Topic: Web 2.0 approaches for behaviour change, public health and biosurveillance
Chair: Derek Hansen
Christin Bexelius*, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Jan-Eric Litton*, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
E-epidemiology - adapting epidemiological data collection to the 21st century (General Track)
 
Jason Bonander*, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
Personally Tailored Health Information: A Health 2.0 Approach (General Track)
 
Michael W. Allen, Medical School, U of MN, Minneapolis, USA
Edward Allan Murphy
David O. Wiebers*
Charles P. Bosmajian, Jr.
Will Thalheimer
Julie Dirksen
Preventive Medicine and the Allen Behavioral Change Model: A Collaboration for Health Behavior Change Using Web-based Interventions (Business Track)
 
Taha Kass-Hout*, Assistant Professor, Emory University, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Atlanta, GA, USA. InSTEDD, Director of Health Informatics, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Biosurveillance 2.0: A Social Networking Approach (General Track)
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM Lunch
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM in MaRS Centre CR2
Topic: Web2.0-based medical education and learning
Chair: Peter Murray
Leanne Bowler*, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Where can teens find health information? A survey of web portals designed for teen health information seekers (Practice Track)
 
Margaret Hansen*, School of Nursing, University of San Francisco, USA
Versatile, Immersive, Creative and Dynamic Virtual 3-D Healthcare Learning (Research Track)
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM in MaRS Centre Auditorium
Topic: Building virtual communities and social networking applications for patients and consumers
Chair: Carol Bond
Toomas Timpka*, Department of Computer Science, Linköping University, Sweden
Johnny Ludvigsson, Department of Pediatrics, Linköping University, Sweden
Henrik Eriksson, Department of Computer Science, Linköping University, Sweden
Joakim Ekberg, Department of Computer Science, Linköping University, Sweden
Lena Hanberger*, Department of Pediatrics, Linköping University, Sweden
Sam Nordfeldt*, Department of Pediatrics, Linköping University, Sweden
Web 2.0 systems supporting childhood chronic disease management: a general architecture compliant with the WHA eHealth Resolution (Research Track)
 
Sara Urowitz*, Oncology Education, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Netowork, Toronto, Canada
From Social Networks to Social Medicine: Exploring the role of online interventions (Research Track)
 
Judy Proudfoot*, Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Expert Patients as Apomediaries (Research Track)
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM in MaRS Centre CR3
Chair: Margaret Hansen
Grant Cumming*, NHS Grampian Scotland; University of Aberdeen
Andrew Fowlie , NHS Grampian
Adrian Baker , NHS Highland
Thomas Heneghan , NHS Grampian
Neil Hamilton , University of Aberdeen
Stefan Agamanolis
e-health in a Remote and Rural Setting in the North of Scotland- An Evolving Success Story (Practice Track)
 
Handy Amin*, Active Health Management, Health Promotion Board, Singapore
Andy Tan , Active Health Management, Health Promotion Board, Singapore
Ping Ping Tan , Chief Information Officer's Office, Health Promotion Board, Singapore
Sau Chan Low , Chief Information Officer's Office, Health Promotion Board, Singapore
Shyamala Thilagaratnam, Active Health Management, Health Promotion Board, Singapore
Planning the Development of the Singapore National Health Portal (Practice Track)
 
Jaime Jiménez Pernett, Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain
Jose Francisco García Gutiérrez, Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain
Pablo Martínez Cabrero, Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain
Sergio Minué Lorenzo, Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain
Knowledge Exchange Nodes in Public Health: Two successful practical experiences (Practice Track)
 
Jason Aprile*, OntarioMD, Toronto, Canada
Providing Online Access to Point-of-Care Information: Lessons from the OntarioMD.ca Physician Portal (Business Track)
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM Break with Refreshments
03:30 PM - 05:00 PM in MaRS Centre Auditorium
Topic: Building virtual communities and social networking applications for patients and consumers
Chair: Judy Proudfoot
Dorrit Billman*, Stanford CSLI and Palo Alto Research Corp
Diane Schiano , Palo Alto Research Corp
Lee Gugerty, Clemson, Psychology
Patient Problem-Solving on the Web: How do Patients Use Web Forums to Cope with Chronic Disease? (Research Track)
 
Cornelia van Uden-Kraan*, Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
Constance Drossaert , Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
Erik Taal , Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
Erwin Seydel , Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
Mart van de Laar, Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
Patient-initiated Online Support Groups: Motives for Initiation, Extent of Success and Success Factors (Research Track)
 
Neil Coulson*, University of Nottingham
Living with HIV/AIDS and use of online support groups (Research Track)
 
Trevor van Mierlo*, No University Affilliation, V-CC Systems Inc. (Toronto, Canada); V-CC Systems USA Inc. (San Francisco, USA)
Peter Selby MBBS, CCFP , Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Ontario Tobacco Research Unit
Danielle Parent (RN) , None (V-CC Systems Inc)
John Cunningham, PhD, Centre for Addition and Mental Health, University of Toronto
Moderated online social networking for smokers: Content of first posts from 2,562 members (General Track)
03:30 PM - 05:00 PM in MaRS Centre CR2
Topic: Wikis
Chair: Chris Paton
Saulo Bortolon, Dept. Informatics, UFES, Vitoria, Brazil
Roberta Gomes, Dept. Informatics, UFES, Brazil
Mariella Berger
Hilario Seibel Jr.*, CEFETES, Serra, ES.
Using Wiki for a Large Medical Nomenclature Translation (General Track)
 
Derek Hansen*, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Sean Munson, School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Patient-Driven Content Creation: Effectively Introducing Wiki Repositories to Virtual Support Communities (Research Track)
 
Aviv Shachak*, Faculty of Information Studies; Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Jamie Meuser, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Tupper Bean, Centre for Effective Practice, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Stephen Hockama, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto
Lena Salach, Centre for Effective Practice, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Noah Ivers, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Michael Evans, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Collaborative Knowledge Translation: Application of a Wiki Model for Primary Care Practitioners (Research Track)
03:30 PM - 05:00 PM in MaRS Centre CR3
Topic: Web2.0-based medical education and learning
Chair: Benjamin Hughes
Deirdre Bonnycastle, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Medicine 2.0 and Medical Faculty Development (Practice Track)
 
Bertalan Mesko*, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
Medical education and building an on-line reputation in the world of web 2.0 (Practice Track)
 
Panagiotis Bamidis*, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Stathis Constantinidis , Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Eleni Kaldoudi , Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Nicos Maglaveras , Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Costas Pappas, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
The use of Web 2.0 in teaching Medical Informatics to postgraduate medical students: first experiences (Research Track)
 
Rod Ward*, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
The potential and challenges of Web 2.0 in the education of healthcare professionals. (General Track)

Friday, September 5, 2008


08:30 AM - 09:00 AM Breakfast/Registration
09:00 AM - 10:30 AM in MaRS Centre Auditorium
Judy Proudfoot*, Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Lisa Whitehead , Centre for Postgradute Nursing Studies, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
Caryl Barnes , School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Ausralia
Britt Klein, Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia
Methodological Issues and Challenges in eHealth Research Panel (Research Track)
09:00 AM - 10:30 AM in MaRS Centre CR2
Chair: Neil Seeman
Michael Martineau*, MED2020 Health Care Software Inc., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Consumers are not Patient(s) (Business Track)
 
Irmajean Bajnok*, Toronto
RNAO eChampion Program (Practice Track)
 
Dominic Covvey*, WIHIR, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Representing and Processing Dynamic Healthcare Workflow (Research Track)
 
Edoardo Narduzzi*, TechEdge, Rome, Italy
MyOpenCare: Multicontent treatment paths to share medical knowledge and experience (Business Track)
09:00 AM - 10:30 AM in MaRS Centre CR3
Topic: Web2.0-based medical education and learning
Chair: Khaled El Emam
Moshe Pritsker*, JoVE (www.jove.com)
Online video-publication for biological research (Business Track)
 
Allan Barclay*, Ebling Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Rebecca Holz, Ebling Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Development of an RSS-based Current Awareness Service (General Track)
 
Øystein Eiring, Norwegian Electronic Health Library, National Knowledge Center for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway
Runar Eggen , Norwegian Electronic Health Library, National Knowledge Center for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway
Magne Nylenna, Norwegian Electronic Health Library, National Knowledge Center for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway
Implementation of Web 2.0-services in the Norwegian Electronic Health Library (Practice Track)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Break with Refreshments
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM in MaRS Centre Auditorium
Topic: Health information on the web: Supply and Demand
Chair: Holly Witteman
Cornelia van Uden-Kraan*, Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Constance Drossaert , Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Erik Taal , Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Erwin Seydel , Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Mart van de Laar, Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Empowerment by Participation in Online Support Groups for Patients with Arthritis, Fibromyalgia and Breast Cancer (Research Track)
 
Joanne Mayoh*, Health Informatics: Bournemouth University
Will the development of Web 2.0 technology result in a preference for quantity over quality? (Practice Track)
 
Sheryl Mitchell*, Women's College Hospital
Women Wading Through the Web: providing women with the tools to evaluate online health information (Practice Track)
 
Luis Fernandez Luque*, NORUT AS, Norway
Ignacio Basagoiti , ITACA-TSB Research Institute, Technical University of Valencia (Spain)
Elin Johnsen , Norwegian Center of Telemedicine (Norway)
Randi Karlsen, Department of Computer Science, University of Tromsø (Norway)
Study of the ePatient as a provider of health content in the Internet (Research Track)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM in MaRS Centre CR2
Topic: Personal health records and Patient portals
Chair: Suzanne Dickerson
Miguel Cabrer*, eHealth Advisor
Francisco Tous , IBIT Institute - Balearic Government
Debora Martinez , IBIT Institute - Balearic Government
Pedro Ferriol, IBIT Institute - Balearic Government
Virtual Health Platform (Business Track)
 
Deborah Chan*, University Health Network
Selina Brudnicki, Shared Information Management Services
InfoWell Patient Portal: A Case of Patient-Centred Design (Practice Track)
 
Barbara Purin*, Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), Trento, Italy
Emiliano Ricci, Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), Trento, Italy
User-centered Design of a PHR: Traditional Web Forms vs. Wizard Forms (Research Track)
 
Zach Landis Lewis*, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
Gerald Douglas , Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
Valerie Monaco, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
Measuring Efficiency of Use in a Web-based EMR Developed for Malawi: Lessons Learned From Performing a Preliminary CogTool Analysis (Research Track)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM in MaRS Centre CR3
Topic: Building virtual communities and social networking applications for health professionals
Chair: Michael Martineau
Carol S Bond*, Bournemouth University
Stop The World wide web I Want To Get Off. (Research Track)
 
Chris Paton*, Health Informatics Programme, Department of Information Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
New Media Medicine: A Social Network for Doctors and Medical Students (Business Track)
 
Shirley Fenton, WIHIR, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Dominic Covvey*, WIHIR, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Creating and Supporting a Community of Practice (Developer Track)
 
Ken Seto*, OntarioMD.ca
Facilitating Online Collaboration and Communication: A Groups Approach (Practice Track)
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM Lunch
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM in MaRS Centre Auditorium
Topic: Consumer empowerment, patient-physician relationship, and sociotechnical issues
Chair: Peter Pennefather
Nicol Nijland*, Department of Psychology and Communication of Health and Risk, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, University of Twente
Lisette Van Gemert-Pijnen , Department of Psychology and Communication of Health and Risk, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, University of Twente
Saskia Kelders , Department of Psychology and Communication of Health and Risk, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, University of Twente
Bart Brandenburg , Medicinfo
Erwin Seydel, Department of Psychology and Communication of Health and Risk, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, University of Twente
Evaluation of the use of an interactive web-based support program for optimizing the management of Diabetes Mellitus (Research Track)
 
Matic Meglic*, UP PINT, Koper, Slovenia
Web and mobile solution for support of process of care: case of depression (Research Track)
 
Dafna Carr*, Cancer Care Ontario
Steve Hall, Cancer Care Ontario
Using Technology to Engage Patients and Clinicians in Electronic Cancer Symptom Assessment and Management: Lessons Learned and Implications for Practice (Practice Track)
 
Suzanne Dickerson*, School of Nursing University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Grace Dean, School of Nursing, University at Buffalo
Developing of a web-based application to facilitate patient treatment adherence in individuals with sleep apnea treated with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) devices. (Research Track)
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM in MaRS Centre CR2
Topic: Semantic Web ("Web 3.0"), Open Source
Chair: Trevor Van Mierlo
Charalampos Bratsas, Lab of Medical Informatics, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Panagiotis D Bamidis*, Lab of Medical Informatics, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Evagelos Kaimakamis, Lab of Medical Informatics, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Nicos Maglaveras, Lab of Medical Informatics, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Usage of Semantic Web Technologies (Web-3.0) Aiming to Facilitate the Utilisation of Computerized Algorithmic Medicine in Clinical Practice (Research Track)
 
Julio Lorca, Fundacion para la eSalud-FESALUD, Malaga, Spain
Francisco J Alcazar , Consejeria de Innovacion, Ciencia y Empresa, Andalusian Government, Malaga, Spain
Carlos L Sanchez , Consejeria de Innovacion, Ciencia y Empresa, Andalusian Government, Malaga, Spain
Miguel Romero-Cuevas , Fundacion para la eSalud-FESALUD, Malaga, Spain
Diego L Lopez , eHealth Competence Center, Regensburg, Germany
Sergio Ruiz , Revista eSalud, Spain
Pedro Garcia-Fortea, Fundacion para la eSalud-FESALUD, Malaga, Spain

PESCA: Developing an Open Source Platform To Bring eHealth To Latin America and the Caribbean (Research Track)
 
Jen McCabe Gorman*, N/A
Maarten Den Braber*, University of Twente, Healthcare Technology and Management
"Nexthealth" - An Open-Source, Web-Based Tool Determining "What's Next" in the Evolution of Consumer-Centric Care Delivery (Practice Track)
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM in MaRS Centre CR3
Topic: Web 2.0 approaches for clinical practice, clinical research, quality monitoring
Chair: Aviv Shachak
Miguel Cabrer*, eHealth Advisor
MDPIXX: The Global Medical Images Repository (Practice Track)
 
Chris Paton*, Health Informatics Programme, Department of Information Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Muzaffar Malik, Health Informatics Programme, Department of Information Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Alec Holt, Health Informatics Programme, Department of Information Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Mobile Medicine 2.0 (Research Track)
 
Benjamin Hughes*, dept of information systems, ESADE, Barcelona, Spain
Indra Joshi , North and East Hertfordshire PCT Trust
Hugh Lemonde, Department of paediatrics, King George Hospital, London
To 2.0 or not to 2.0 - have junior doctors already answered the question? (Research Track)
 
Marcelino Cabrera Giraldez*, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (Joint Research Centre, European Commission)
José Antonio Valverde, IPTS
Dolores Ibarreta, IPTS
The potential of social computing for biomedical research on rare diseases (Research Track)
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM Break with Refreshments
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM in MaRS Centre Auditorium
Topic: Ethical & legal issues, confidentiality and privacy
Joan Dzenowagis*, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Shubhabrata Roy , Microsoft Corporation; London
Kevin Clauson*, Pharmacy Practice, Nova Southeastern University, Florida
Risk 2.0: The future of connected health (Panel) (General Track)
04:30 PM - 05:00 PM Closing Talks
With Physician 2.0 Award, sponsored by Medting, presented by Denise Silber


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