Conference Program

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^* denotes a fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association
⁺ denotes a researchers from the HealNet/Relais Canadian Center of Excellence.

9:00 - 9:30 Conference Opening and Welcoming Remarks

Dr. Yuri Quintana⁺, Conference Chair

Dr. William Bridger, Vice-President Research, University of Western Ontario

9:30 - 10:30 Keynote Session

Personal Health Information - the Last Frontier on the World Wide Web - Dr. Jim Cimino^* (Columbia University)

10:30 - 11:00 Break

11:00 - 12:00 The Internet as an Delivery Medium for Consumers

Problem-Focused Organization of Health Information Resources - Dr. Aziz A. Boxwala, Dr. Robert A. Greenes^*, Dr. Lucila Ohno-Machado, Sandra Kogan, Jeannie Tam. (Harvard Medical School)

Interactive Breast Cancer Multimedia Decision Aids for the Internet - Dr. Yuri Quintana⁺ (University of Western Ontario)

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 2:30 Issues in Internet Consumer Health Information Delivery

Developing Better Websites on Clinical Preventive Health Care - Dr. John Feightner⁺. Dr. Neil Marshall, Dr. Yuri Quintana, Michelle Sangster , Nadine Whaten (University of Western Ontario)

Information Delivery Preferences of Breast Cancer Patients - Dr. Ted Vandenberg⁺ and Dr. Yuri Quintana⁺ (University of Western Ontario)

International Internet Surveys and Issues - Dr. Alex Jadad⁺, (McMaster University)

2:30 - 3:00 Break

3:00 - 5:00 Evidence-Based Decision Support for Consumers

Evidence Base Development - Dr. Brian Haynes^+* (McMaster University)

Comparing Evidence and HealthQuiz Decision Support Initiatives - Dr. Derek Hunt⁺ (McMaster University)

Evidenced-Based Health Storytelling - Dr. Alex Jadad⁺ (McMaster University)

5:00 - 7:00 Evening Reception and Poster Session

7:00 - 10:00 Conference Banquet

Saturday Sept. 11, 1999

9:00 - 9:30 Welcoming Remarks

Dr. Yuri Quintana⁺, Conference Chair

Dr. Manjunath Pendakur, Dean Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario

9:30 - 10:30 Keynote Session

Health Cognition and Consumer Interaction - Dr. Vimla Patel^*+ (McGill University)

10:30 - 11:00 Break

11:00 - 12:00 Medical Vocabularies for Consumers

Controlled Medical Terminologies: What can they do for me? Dr. Jim Cimino^* (Columbia University)

Creating Medical Vocabularies for Consumers - Dr. Yuri Quintana⁺ (University of Western Ontario)

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch:

1:00 - 2:30 TeleHealth Applications for Consumers

BabyCare Link - Dr. Jim Gray (Harvard University)

Diabetes Home Monitoring - Dr. Merrill Edmonds⁺, University of Western Ontario.

Learning and Telehealth for Consumers of Health Information - Ms. Dr. Jose Arocha⁺, Dr. Vimla Patel^* (McGill University)

2:30 - 3:00 Break

3:00 - 5:00 Systems Development and Evaluation

Evaluation of Web-Based Information Systems: A Cognitive Model - Dr. Andre Kushniruk⁺, Dr. Vimla Patel^+* (McGill University), Dr. Jim Cimino^*+ (Columbia University)

Evaluation of Consumer Health Web Sites - Dr. Yuri Quintana⁺ (University of Western Ontario)

Evaluation: Salvation or Nemesis of Medical Informatics? - Dr. Jochen R. Möhr^+*, School of Health Information Science, (University of Victoria)