Thank you to My Friends at Work
In my continued learnings related to work, motivation, and change – all of which are part of this year’s learning activities, I came across this little blog post at Harvard Business Review on the...
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Falling Down does not Mean Failing
I have been known to say that falling down is part of learning and it does not mean failure. Sometimes you fall down as you try to do things you haven’t done before. It is part of the process of...
View ArticlePrimary Care Research Networks
In BC there has been a lot of discussion about setting up an EMR-based primary care research network (PCRN). Or rather, there are talks about different types of research networks. Some existing in...
View ArticlePCRN – Routinely Collected or Specifically Collected Data
There is an expectation that as we develop and use electronic systems (e.g. EMRs, PHRs etc) that this “will yield a wealth of available data that we can exploit meaningfully to strengthen knowledge...
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Goal Map for a Primary Care Research Network
Amongst my work friends, we like to “fail fast” – that is to put up something for feedback quickly so that it can rapidly evolve with group input rather than polishing something on your own until you...
View ArticleResearch Questions for Research Networks
Thank you all for offering up example questions for a potential research network – these are an interesting set of wide ranging questions. I really appreciate the time each of you has taken to provide...
View ArticleBig Data or Big Information
There is a lot of buzz about Big Data. Healthcare is an interesting area for big data. Privacy issues aside for the moment. I have seen some significant improvements in care delivery when people use...
View ArticleFutureMed 2012 Wrap up Thoughts
The FutureMed conference ended on Saturday (Feb 11) at the NASA Research Park. Successful conference? I definitely feel like it has been an amazingly successful week. How to think about success for a...
View ArticleCoding in EMRs – we are doing it wrong
I was in an pan-Canadian EMR Benefits Evaluation meeting today hosted by Canada Health Infoway. A little heated debate came up around the value of coding data. Some fell on the side of don’t bother...
View ArticleResearch Networks and Primary Care
I have been thinking about the goals of primary care research networks. One of them is to engage members. In a recent discussion at the CFPC section of researchers, we named three roles in a network:...
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