Speakers:
Allison Venner, PhD, FCACB Clinical Biochemist, Alberta Precision Laboratories POCT Provincial Medical Lead, Alberta Precision Laboratories Clinical Biochemistry Associate Section Chief, Alberta Precision Laboratories Clinical Associate Professor, Dept of Pathology & Lab Medicine, University of Calgary.
Dr. Allison Venner is a Clinical Biochemist with Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL). She is the Clinical Biochemistry Associate Section Chief and the Provincial POCT Medical Lead at APL. Dr. Venner is a Clinical Associate Professor with the Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine at the Univeristy of Calgary, and is certified as a Clinical Biochemist by the Canadian Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (CACB). She is past president of the Alberta Society of Clinical Chemists and the Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists . She is the current Secretary of the Alberta Association of Clinical Laboratory Doctoral Scientists (AACLDS).
Vathany Kulasingam University Health Network.
This lecture will describe the experience from a laboratory perspective of an integrated electronic health record implementation at a large academic healthcare institution. The sequence of steps completed, challenges encountered and benefits realized will be discussed.
Overview:
This lecture will describe the experience from a laboratory perspective of an integrated electronic health record implementation at a large academic healthcare institution and across a provincial system implementation . The sequence of steps completed, challenges encountered, and benefits realized will be discussed.
Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the opportunities with implementation of an integrated EHR system
- Identify the challenges associated with a successful implementation