Health Informatics Blog

Health informatics, grant funding, consumer health, electronic health record systems, patient-centred care, telus health space, google health, microsoft health vault, open access, P2P health, European Union, Privacy, Data Protection, Big Data, Health information technology, EHR, health policy

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About this blog

Rapid technological changes are enabling better and faster surveillance, generation, collection, analysis, and visualization of vast amounts of data. Such developments have great potential to improve social, health and economic well-being. They also have the potential to harm, violate privacy, or cross ethical boundaries. What can we, as researchers, care providers, and patients, do to better understand, employ and measure the impact of new technological developments in healthcare? These questions underlie musings in this blog. Postings are generally related to insights, observations and resources I come across in the course of my work as a grant writer, researcher and consultant