Health Data for All of Us: Sharing Ideas & Priorities

Only a few tickets remain for our free public forum, Health Data for All of Us: Sharing Ideas and Priorities!  This hybrid event takes place April 25 in Winnipeg and online, and features keynote speaker Rachel Plachcinski as well Dr. Kim McGrail, Julia Burt, Dr. Amy Freier and more! REGISTER HERE.

Report: Improve data access to evaluate drug safety

HDRN Canada co-authored a report, along with CADTH, CIHI and others, about the need to improve the availability of data to evaluate drug safety and effectiveness. Recommendations include expanding pan-Canadian data holdings and enhancing capacity for data linkage. LEARN MORE.

Manitoba to collect race-based data in hospitals

Manitoba will ask patients to self-declare their racial or ethnic background as part of the hospital admission process to better understand disparities in health outcomes. HDRN Canada member George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation will provide evaluation and training support. LEARN MORE.

Internet-based platform for managing chronic diseases

A new study to evaluate the Internet-based Chronic Disease Management (iCDM) project, which targets patients with multiple high impact chronic diseases through the Internet with telephone supports, will use researcher-collected data and four data sets from the BC Ministry of Health linked by Population Data BC. LEARN MORE.

Hotıı̀ ts’eeda to receive $24 million investment

Canada and the Northwest Territories will invest nearly $24million to support Hotıı̀ ts’eeda in its ongoing patient-oriented research. Hotıı̀ ts’eeda is one of 10 SPOR SUPPORT Units across Canada that improve patient outcomes by enabling equitable access to data for health research. LEARN MORE.

Pregnant people with schizophrenia face risk of abuse

Using data from ICES, researchers found that pregnant and postpartum people with schizophrenia have more than a three-fold increase in the risk of an emergency department visit for assault and are more likely to self-report experiencing abuse in pregnancy. Download the infographic. LEARN MORE.

Osteoarthritis in the Maritimes

Researchers used linked administrative data accessed through Health Data Nova Scotia to examine self-reported characteristics of people living with and without osteoarthritis in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and to identify trends in health care use. Downlad the infographic. LEARN MORE.

Number of immigrants working in Québec hits record

Statistique Québec has released its assessment of the labour market in 2022, finding continued job growth and record number of vacancies. The number of immigrants working in Québec, as well as the share of immigrants in the workforce, hit their highest levels since 2006 when data on immigration status became available. LEARN MORE.

Closing the gap in health outcomes for First Nations

A publication from researchers at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, including HDRN Canada Lead Charles Burchill, evaluates disparities between First Nations people and other Canadians using indicators of health and health care use over the last two decades, in an effort to close gaps in health outcomes. Download the infographic.

Impact of medical travel on First Nations in NWT

An new publication from HDRN Canada Lead Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox and colleagues reframes prevailing understandings of the problems, politics and policy associated with medical travel in the Northwest Territories, and the importance of policy-making that engages First Nations as equal partners. READ MORE.

Artificial Intelligence for Complex Health Data CRC II

The University of Manitoba is recruiting a Canada Research Chair Tier II in the area of Artificial Intelligence for Complex Health Data, to develop an innovative research program in collaboration with the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and others. APPLY HERE (search requisition number 25435).