Improving Healthcare in Northwestern Ontario with Technology: A Panel Discussion
About the Event
How can technology improve healthcare in Northwestern Ontario? This event will explore the topic from the perspective of three expert panelists. Each panelist will give a brief presentation on their experience and perspectives, and a series of questions and discussion will follow.
- For more information, email msdohan@lakeheadu.ca.
Panelists:
Dr. Zubair Fadlullah
Dr. Fadlullah is a Lakehead University/Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute Research Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Lakehead University, where he conducts research on Smart Health Technology applications.
Mr. Chris Young
Mr. Young is a Clinical Informatics Specialist at Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre. His work focuses on remote patient monitoring for patients with various chronic diseases, both locally and in the far north and remote communities.
Dr. David Savage
Dr. Savage is an Emergency Physician at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, and Assistant Professor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. He has been using operations research techniques to investigate physician scheduling, patient forecasting, and capacity planning in the emergency department.
