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Mednet 2006: 11th World Congress on Internet in Medicine
Conference Schedule
October 14 - 19, 2006

Conference Locations
Building Short Form
Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, R. Fraser Elliott Bldg, 4th floor, 190 Elizabeth St.CGEI
Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 100 Front Street West, TorontoRYH

Saturday, October 14, 2006
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM in RYH Manitoba WATI Workshop (Web-Assisted Tobacco Interventions) - Day 1
Invitational Workshop. Please contact Peter Selby (peter_selby at camh.net) or Cameron Norman (cameron.norman at utoronto.ca) for details.
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM in CGEI Telehealth Room Tutorial
Topic: Next Generation Internet Health Applications
 
Bryn Lewis, NPS
"Internet technologies for delivery of evidence based information : Using web services and XML effectively"
Oral presentation (Research)
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM in CGEI Telehealth Room Tutorial
Topic: Evaluation and methodological issues in ehealth
 
Nina Eminovic, Dept. of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam
Jeremy Wyatt, Health Informatics Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
"Better evaluation studies in eHealth and telemedicine"
Oral presentation (Research)
Sunday, October 15, 2006
8:00 AM - 12:30 PM in RYH Manitoba WATI Workshop (Web-Assisted Tobacco Interventions) - Day 2
Invitational Workshop. Please contact Peter Selby (peter_selby at camh.net) or Cameron Norman (cameron.norman at utoronto.ca) for details.
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM in CGEI Telehealth Room Tutorial
Topic: Public (e-)health, population health technologies, surveillance
 
M. Chris Gibbons, Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute
"Emerging themes in disparities research; the role of eHealth solutions"
Oral presentation ()
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM in CGEI Telehealth Room Tutorial
Topic: Putting electronic health records online
 
Kim Nazi, US Department of Veterans Affairs
"Implementing eHealth: Development of a Personal Health Record for Patients (Process, Product, and Principles)"
Oral presentation (Practice)
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM in RYH Imperial Room Mednet2006 Welcome Reception
The official opening reception for networking with light hors d'oevres, drinks, and music. Free for all Mednet registrants
Monday, October 16, 2006
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM in RYH Ballroom (Exhibit Space) Healthy Breakfast Snacks
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM in RYH Concert Hall Welcome and Introduction
Dr. Hans v.d. Slikke, Chair, Society for Internet in Medicine

Dr. Gunther Eysenbach, Chair, Mednet 2006

Ian Brunskill, Executive Lead, PHIIT Office, Public Health Division, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM in RYH Concert Hall Keynote
 
Jay Bernhardt, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
"eCDC and the Future of Public Health"
Oral presentation (Practice)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM in RYH Ballroom (Exhibit Space) Break with Exhibition Viewing
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM in RYH Concert Hall Concurrent Panel
Topic: Next Generation Internet Health Applications
 
Elizabeth (lizza Miller, DatStat Inc.
Ricardo Munoz, School of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco
Victor Strecher, University of Michigan's Comprehensive Cancer Center
Tim Mcafee, Free & Clear
"Next Generation Global e-Health Applications – An Integrated Approach to Delivering Prevention, Intervention, and Disease Management Programs"
Oral presentation (Practice)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM in RYH Confederation 5 Concurrent Panel
Topic: Usability and human factors on the web
 
Janice Nall, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Robert Bailey, Computer Psychology, Inc.
Cari Wolfson, Focus on U!
Sanjay Koyani, Department of Health and Human Services
"Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines - Panel Discussion"
Oral presentation (Practice)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM in RYH Tudor 7 Concurrent Session
Chair: Elizabeth Murray, University College London, UK
 
Topic: eHealth for chronic diseases
 
Christine Hartmann, Jefferson Medical College
Christopher Sciamanna, Department of Health Policy, Thomas Jefferson University
Sarah Mui, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine
Danielle C Blanch
Kristy Alvarez, Department of Health Policy, Thomas Jefferson University
"A novel website to improve asthma care: Qualitative analysis of end-user experiences"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Kiyoko Makimoto, Osaka University, Dept. of Nursing
Miyae Yamakawa, Osaka University, Dept. of Nursing
Nobuyuki Ashida, Kohshien University
Younhee Kang, Ewha Womans University
Kyung-rim Shin, Ewha Womans University
"Japan-Korea Joint project on monitoring people with dementia"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Michael Orr, University of Toronto
Sharon Straus
Jayna Holroyd-leduc, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
"Development of a Web-Based Open Source Clinical Tool for the Management of Urinary Incontinence"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Lisette Vangemert-pijnen, University of Twente
Verhoeven Fenne, Departement of Technical Communication, University of Twente
"Systematic Review of the Contribution of E-health to Diabetes Care Management"
Oral presentation (Research)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM in RYH Tudor 8 Concurrent Session
Chair: Kevin Leonard, University of Toronto, Canada
 
Topic: Patient portals
 
Ethan Basch, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Allison Barz, Department of Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
David Artz, Medical Director, Information Systems, Memorial Sloan-Ketetring Cancer Center
Kevin Shannon, Information Systems, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Mark Kris, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Alexia Iasonos, Department of Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
John Speakman, Director, Clinical Research Informatics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Deborah Schrag, Department of Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
"Online Patient Self-Reporting of Toxicity Symptoms during Chemotherapy"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Donal Flynn, University of Manchester
Hannah Hutchinson, University of Liverpool
Mark Gabbay, University of Liverpool
"Internet-Based Decision Aids Embedded in a Patient Health Record: Preliminary Results From a Pilot Before-After Study of the Effects of Their Use on Patients and Practitioners in a UK Primary Care Context"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Grace Paterson, Dalhousie University
John L. Ginn , Medical Informatics, Dalhousie University
Desmond J. Leddin , Medicine, Dalhousie University
Donald G. Macintosh , Medicine, Dalhousie University
Jennifer E. Stewart , Medicine, Dalhousie University
David Zitner, Medical Informatics, Dalhousie University
"Interprofessional Development of Learning Resources for IBD Patient Portal"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Warren Winkelman, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
Nancy Halifax, Centre for Global e-Health Innovation, University of Toronto
Dean Behrens, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto
"Socio-technical and institutional challenges to building information and communication technologies for patients living with chronic illness: A Case Study-based Tutorial on Qualitative Research in Medical and Health Informatics"
Oral presentation (Practice)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM in RYH Concert Hall Concurrent Panel
Topic: Psychobehavioral interventions
 
Lee Ritterband, University of Virginia Health System
Deborah Tate, University of North Carolina
Royer Cook, ISA Group
Helen Christensen, Austrailian National University
"ISRII Panel: Examining Issues of Adherence in Internet Interventions"
Oral presentation (Research)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM in RYH Tudor 7 Concurrent Session
Chair: Kevin Patrick, University of California, San Diego, USA
 
Topic: eHealth for chronic diseases
 
Cicely Kerr, University College London
Elizabeth Murray, University College London
Fiona Stevenson, University College London
Charles Gore
Irwin Nazareth, University College London
"Can Internet Interventions meet emotional needs of managing chronic conditions?"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Karim Keshavjee, Centre for Evaluation of Medicines
Anne Holbrook, Clinical Pharmacology, McMaster University
"Clinical Decision Support for Vascular Disease in Community Family Practice"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Robert Luke, Princess Margaret Hospital
Lynda Atack, School of Community and Health Studies, Centennial College
"Giving Patients a PEPTalk: Designing a Patient Educational Prescription Process"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
John Wiecha, Dept of Family Medicine, Boston Univ School of Medicine
William Adams, Dept of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center
Suzanne Steinbach, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center
Maria Rizzodepaoli, Department of Family Medicine, Boston Medical Center
Jayanti Murlidharan, Department of Family Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Benjamin Bauer, Department of Family Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
"BostonBreathes: Improving pediatric asthma care with a home-based interactive website for patient education, monitoring, and clinical teamwork"
Oral presentation (Practice)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM in RYH Tudor 8 Concurrent Session
Chair: Kim Nazi, Department of Veterans Affairs, USA
 
Topic: Putting electronic health records online
 
Natalie Armstrong, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
Hilary Hearnshaw, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
John Powell, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
Jeremy Dale, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
"Stakeholder Perspectives on the Development of a Virtual Clinic for Diabetes Care"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Marcio Biczyk Do Amaral, University City Science Center
"Distributed Networks and Web Portals: integrating services from multiple sources in order to create an increasingly complete and dynamic healthcare model"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Mouncef Lahlou, Center of Advanced Technology and Education at Florida Inter
Magno Guillen, Center of Advanced Technology and Education at Florida International University
Malek Adjouadi, Center of Advanced Technology and Education at Florida International University
William Gaillard, Department of Neurology and Pediatrics, Children’s National Medical Center,The George Washington University, Washington, DC
"MEDIAR: An Online Web-Based Repository site of fMRI Medical Images and clinical data for Childhood Epilepsy"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Mikaela Poulymenopoulou, University of Piraeus
"Cross-organizational healthcare process automation using a service-oriented approach"
Oral presentation (Practice)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM in RYH Ballroom + Concert Hall Foyer Light Lunch Snacks with Poster + Exhibition Viewing
Poster Session 1: Presenters (First Authors) with Surname A-K
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM in RYH Concert Hall NCI Cancer Afternoon - Part 1
NCI-sponsored Cancer Afternoon

Welcome, Orientation to Cancer Program
Bradford W. Hesse, PhD
Chief, Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, NCI


Panel 1: Consumer Information Across the Cancer Continuum
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Moderator: Sabra Woolley, PhD

Tailoring Prevention Messages in a Public Health System Network
Vic Strecher, PhD

Primary Care Advice Counseling
Kevin Patrick, PhD

Critical Support At Diagnosis
David Gustafson, PhD

Social Support for Cancer Survivors
Ellen Beckjord, PhD


Panel 2: International Perspectives on Internet-Based Cancer Information
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Moderator: Richard Manrow, PhD

First Online Portal of Asian Language Cancer Information
Moon Chen, PhD

National Library of Medicine, International use of the online medical literature
Fred Wood

Developing Web resource materials for Spanish speakers
Silvia Inez Salazar, PhD

Addressing the Needs of Multilingual Information Seekers
Mary Anne Bright, PhD
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM in RYH Confederation 5 Concurrent Session
Chair: Richard Appleyard, Oregon Health and Science University, USA
 
Topic: Clinical Informatics
 
Kevin Leonard, University of Toronto - HPME
"Performance Measurement of Information Technology Investment"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Howard Moskowitz, Moskowitz Jacobs Inc.
Dorit Cohen
Alex Gofman
Bert Krieger
Daniel Moskowitz
"Effective and Confident Communications in the Midst of a Major Crisis: How a Pharmaceutical Executive can Capitalize on Messaging Simulation"
Oral presentation (Business)

 
Laurel Taylor, McGill University
"Understanding Predictors of Electronic Decision Support Utilization by Physicians"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Nick Van Terheyden, Philips Speech Recognition Systems
"Speech Recognition – Better Care and Lower Cost"
Oral presentation (Business)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM in RYH Tudor 7 Concurrent Session
Chair: M Chris Gibbons, Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, USA
 
Topic: Telehealth and medical practice using IP technologies
 
Klaus-peter Adlassnig, Section on Medical Expert and Knowledge-Based Systems, Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, A-1090 Vienna, Austria; Medexter Healthcare GmbH, Lazarettgasse 20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Wolfgang Horak, Medexter Healthcare GmbH, Lazarettgasse 20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Andrea Rappelsberger, Section on Medical Expert and Knowledge-Based Systems, Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
"Knowledge-Based Teleinterpretation of Hepatitis Serology Test Results"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Joseph Cafazzo, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Netw
Christopher Chan, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Peter Rossos, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Tony Easty, Institute of Biomaterial and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Alex Jadad, Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Kevin Leonard, Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto
"The Hospital-at-Home: Advanced Remote Monitoring of Home Hemodialysis"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Nina Eminovic, Dept. of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Centre, Amste
Nicolette De Keizer, Dept. of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
"Outcomes of teledermatology evaluation studies"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Kimber Richter, University of Kansas Medical Center
Paula Cupertino, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center
Edward Ellerbeck, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center
Ryan Spaulding, Kansas University Center for Telemedicine and Telehealth
Lisa Cox, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center
"Rationale and Design of a Telemedicine-Delivered Smoking Cessation Intervention for Rural Smokers"
Poster presentation (Research)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM in RYH Tudor 8 Concurrent Panel
Topic: Health communication on the internet
 
Helen Leonard, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
Alison Anderson, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia
Michael Segal
Tony Holland, Developmental Psychiatry Cambridge
Sue Fyfe, Curtin University School of Public Health
"Using web technologies to maximise research and inform clinical practice"
Oral presentation (Practice)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM in RYH Confederation 5 Concurrent Panel
Topic: Online pharmacies
 
Michael Veronin, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy
Kevin Clauson , Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy, Health Professions Division, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA
Jillian Cohen , Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Artur Lendyak, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University in Lviv, Ukraine
"Online Pharmacies Panel"
Oral presentation (Practice)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM in RYH Tudor 7 Concurrent Session
Chair: M Chris Gibbons, Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, USA
 
Topic: Telehealth and medical practice using IP technologies
 
Joseph Cafazzo, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Netw
Mathieu Trudel, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network
Alexander Logan, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
"Diabetes Telemanagement"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Georgi Graschew, Surgical Research Unit OP 2000, Robert-Roessle-Klinik and Max-Delbrueck-Center, Charité - University
Mikaela Poulymenopoulou, Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus
Theo A Roelofs, Surgical Research Unit OP 2000, Robert-Roessle-Klinik and Max-Delbrueck-Center, Charité - University
Stefan Rakowsky, Surgical Research Unit OP 2000, Robert-Roessle-Klinik and Max-Delbrueck-Center, Charité - University
Peter M. Schlag, Surgical Research Unit OP 2000, Robert-Roessle-Klinik and Max-Delbrueck-Center, Charité - University
"Telehealth, Digital Medicine and the concepts for a Virtual Euro-Mediterranean Hospital - VEMH"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Thomas Rosenlund, KITH AS
"Collaboration across national borders using e-health technology, a technical, organisational and legal review"
Oral presentation (Practice)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM in RYH Tudor 8 Concurrent Panel
Topic: Psychobehavioral interventions
 
Heleen Riper, Trimbos-institute
Jeannet Kramer
Barbara Conijn
Filip Smit
Pim Cuijpers, Free University Amsterdam, Clinical Psychology
"Web-based self help interventions for problem drinkers and their offsping"
Oral presentation (Research)
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM in RYH Ballroom (Exhibit Space) Break with Exhibition Viewing
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM in RYH Concert Hall NCI Cancer Afternoon - Part 2
NCI-sponsored Cancer Afternoon

Panel 3: User Centered Informatics Research
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Moderator: Holly Massett, PhD

Identifying Consumer Needs for Health Information: HINTS, CIS, and Web Metrics
Bradford W. Hesse, PhD

Facilitating Participation in Clinical Trials (cancer.gov)
Lakshmi Grama, PhD

Making Cancer Control Information Available in a Global Setting
Terry Sullivan, Cancer Care Ontario, Canada

Moving Internet Research into Practice: The NCI’s SBIR Program
Connie Dresser, RDPH, LN

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Visit NCI eHealth Demonstrations in Exhibit Hall
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SBIR Web Demonstrations/Exhibits

Education: Online Continuing Medical Education: A Cancer Module
John Harris, MD, MBA
Medical Directions, Inc.
Tucson, AZ


Training: CancerSim: A Simulator to Teach Pain Management Skills
Charles Chabal, MD
Talaria, Inc., Seattle, WA

My StudentBody Suite: A Smoking Intervention
Kathleen Whittier, Inflexxion Inc., Newton, MA

Decision Making: Decision Making Notebooks (Prostate Cancer/Breast Cancer)
Susan Brink, MSHA, DrPH
Healthmark Multimedia, LLC
Washington, D.C.

Quality Search Engines: HEALIA, a health search engine
Tom Eng, VMD, MPH
Evalumetrix, Inc.
Seattle, WA

Entertainment, information and networking: @oneWorld -- a network for children with cancer
Barbara Rapchak
Leap of Faith Technologies, Inc.
Crystal Lake, IL
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM in RYH Confederation 5 Concurrent Panel
Topic: eHealth for chronic diseases
 
Sara Kirk, University of Leeds, Nutritional Epidemiology Group
Carl Brandt
Alison Marshall, University of Leeds
"Panel on wireless e-health (WE-health) technologies for diet, nutrition and quality of life monitoring"
Oral presentation (Practice)
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM in RYH Tudor 7 Concurrent Panel
Topic: E-trials: Using the web and e-technologies for clinical trials
 
Chunhua Weng, University of Pittsburgh
Valerie Monaco, University of Pittsburgh
Scott Corley, Cancer Research and Biostatistics
"Web-based Protocol Standards development, Patient Recruitment, and Research Data Collection: A Discussion Panel on the Cutting-edge Research and Practice of E-Trials"
Oral presentation (Practice)
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM in RYH Tudor 8 Concurrent Session
Chair: Sanjay Koyani, Department of Health and Human Services, USA
 
Topic: Usability and human factors on the web
 
Richard Appleyard, Oregon Health & Science University
"Disability Informatics: meeting the needs of people with disabilities"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Emanuele Carisio, UPM - Tehnical University of Madrid
Eva Del Hoyo-barbolla, UPM - Tehnical University of Madrid
Maria Teresa Arredondo, UPM - Tehnical University of Madrid
"Accessible and usable Graphical User Interface for an e-health Web platform"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Anjum Chagpar, University Health Network - Healthcare Human Factors
Deborah Chan, University Health Network - Healthcare Human Factors
"Solution Usability Assessments: A Novel Approach for Ensuring Online Electronic Health Record (EHR) Adoption"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Donna Czukar, Canadian Cancer Society’s Cancer Information Service and Smo
Rachel Fournier, V-CC, Toronto, Canada
Peter Selby, CAMH, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Trevor Van Mierlo, V-CC, Toronto, Canada
Melanie Pereira, V-CC, Toronto, Canada
"Helping quitters when and where they need it most? Challenges and learnings in building and growing the Canadian Cancer Society’s Web-Assisted Tobacco Intervention “Smokers Helpline Online” Support Group"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
John Powell, University of Warwick, UK
"Involving users in ehealth research"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Graciela Rosemblat, US National Library of Medicine, NIH
Robert Logan, US National Library of Medicine, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Tony Tse, US National Library of Medicine, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Laurel Graham, US National Library of Medicine, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
"How Do Text Features Affect Readability? Expert Evaluations on Consumer Health Web Site Text."
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Laura Sheble, School of Information & Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Sanghee Oh, School of Information & Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Songphan Choemprayong, School of Information & Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Gary Marchionini, School of Information & Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
"Use of Time-based Visual Metaphors in Pregnancy PHR Interface Design"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Pamela Whitten, Michigan State University
Lorraine Buis ,
Michael Mackert
Brad Love
"Health Information Online for Low Literate Adults: An Evaluation In Two Populations"
Oral presentation (Research)
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM in RYH Confederation 5 Concurrent Session
Chair: Deborah Tate, University of North Carolina, USA
 
Topic: e-besity interventions
 
Carl Brandt, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
Dorte Glintborg, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
Kirsten Brandt, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
Søren Toubro, Nutritional department 225, Hvidovre University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
"A prospective study in 7707 overweight individuals of the effects of Internet-based personal dietary advice combined with an online community"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Sara Kirk, University of Leeds, Nutritional Epidemiology Group
Aine Mcconnon, University of Surrey
Jennie Cockroft, University of Leeds
Emma Harvey, University of Leeds
James Thomas, University of Leeds
Joan Ransley, University of Leeds
"Weight loss online: Results from a community trial evaluating a weight control website in an obese sample"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Ji Lu, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal
Zhenfeng Ma, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
Remi Desmeules, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
Aida Faber, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
Antoine Bechara, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California
Laurette Dube, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
"Web-supported self-management for healthy eating: Development and validation of computer-administered measure of neuropsychological performance in inhibitory control and relationships to everyday lifestyle."
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Robert Pretlow, eHealth International
"An Internet Intervention Outcomes Study of Overweight School Children – First Year Results"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Robert Pretlow, eHealth International
"What Overweight Kids Say in 61 Anonymous Online Surveys Over a 5 Year Period"
Oral presentation (Research)
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM in RYH Confederation 5 Open Workshop
Topic: Open Access publishing in medicine
 
Deborah Saltman, BioMed Central
Matthew Cockerill, BioMed Central
Theodora Bloom, BioMed Central
Melissa Norton, BioMed Central
"Open Access Publishing Workshop"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Mj Suhonos, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation / University of Toronto
Gunther Eysenbach, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation / University of Toronto
"Open Access Publishing With Open Source Tools: Towards Sustainable Non-Commercial Journals"
Oral presentation (Practice)
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM in RYH Tudor 7 Open Workshop
Topic: E-trials: Using the web and e-technologies for clinical trials
 
Vance Rabius, American Cancer Society
"Internet Survey Data Management Using SAS"
Oral presentation (Practice)
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM in RYH Ballroom (Exhibit Space) Healthy Breakfast Snacks
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM in RYH Concert Hall Keynote
Dr. Bill Crounse, Healthcare Industry Director, Microsoft Corp

Five Healthcare Trends That Will Shake Your World

As a family physician, former hospital CIO and now the Microsoft global healthcare industry manager, Crounse plans to deliver important messages about the role of Internet and home care role in a world of aging Baby Boomers, fewer nurses and tight health care budgets.
He will reflect on business, population, and technology trends that will profoundly impact healthcare financing, research, and the delivery of medical services around the world.
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM in RYH Ballroom (Exhibit Space) Break with Exhibition Viewing
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM in RYH Concert Hall Concurrent Panel
Topic: Psychobehavioral interventions
 
Tara Cousineau, Inflexxion
Sarah Lord, Inflexxion, Inc.
Gregg Jacobs, University of Massachusetts Medical School
"(Behavioral Health Panel) Translating evidenced-based behavioral health interventions into e-health modalities"
Oral presentation (Practice)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM in RYH Confederation 5 Concurrent Session
Chair: Hans v.d. Slikke, Amsterdam
 
Topic: E-trials: Using the web and e-technologies for clinical trials
 
Jane Bishop, HealthMark Multimedia
Susan Brink, HealthMark Multimedia
"From Hand to Mouse: Qualitative Results for Online Multimedia Informed Consent for Clinical Trials"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
An-wen Chan, Research Policy and Cooperation, World Health Organization
Ida Sim, Research Policy and Cooperation, World Health Organization
Metin Gülmezoglu, Research Policy and Cooperation, World Health Organization
Patrick Unterlerchner, Research Policy and Cooperation, World Health Organization
Ghassan Karam, Research Policy and Cooperation, World Health Organization
Tikki Pang, Research Policy and Cooperation, World Health Organization
"The WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform: Promoting Science and Ethics through Increased Transparency"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Luzi Daniela, National Research Council. Institute of Research on Populati
Ricci Fabrizio L. , National Research Council. Institute of Research on Population and Social Policy
Serbanati Luca Dan, Politehnica University Bucharest
"E-Clinical Trials Supported by a Service-Oriented Architecture"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Ida Sim, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco
Ben Olasov
Simona Carini
"Trial Bank Publishing of Randomized Trials"
Oral presentation (Research)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM in RYH Tudor 7 Concurrent Session
Chair: Lee Ritterband, University of Virginia Health System, USA
 
Topic: Health communication on the internet
 
Teresa Chiu, COTA Health / University of Toronto
Elsa Marziali, University of Toronto / Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
Angela Colantonio, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute / University of Toronto
Anne Carswell, Dalhousie University
Marilyn Gruneir, COTA Health
Gunther Eysenbach, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation / University of Toronto
"What Prevented Family Caregivers from Accessing a New eHealth Service? – A study of Chinese Family Caregivers of People with Alzheimer Disease"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Neil Coulson, University of Nottingham
Heather Buchanan, University of Derby, UK
"Coping with dental anxiety and phobia through online support"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Per Kummervold, Norwegian Centre of Telemedicine
"Patient-physician interaction over the Internet - a controlled trial"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Lisa Neal, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
"Online Health Communities"
Oral presentation (Practice)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM in RYH Tudor 8 Concurrent Session
Chair: Brad Hesse, National Cancer Institute, USA
 
Topic: Health information on the web: Supply and Demand
 
Grant Campbell, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, The University of
Jacquelyn Burkell, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, The University of Western Ontario
"A Discourse Analysis of Risk Information in Prominent Web Health Resources"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Martin Frické, University of Arizona
"Indicators of accuracy of consumer health information on the Internet: a review of one approach and its results"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Charmian Harvey, Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon
Marc Lemire, Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé, Université de Montréal
Guy Paré, Service de l'enseignement des technologies de l'information, HEC Montréal
Claude Sicotte, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal
"Case study of PasseportSanté.net: an overview of learnings from website user data concerning the efficacy of the internet in informing and empowering the general public with regard to health matters"
Oral presentation (Practice)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM in RYH Concert Hall Concurrent Panel
Topic: Public (e-)health, population health technologies, surveillance
 
Cameron Norman, University of British Columbia
Peter Selby
Scott Mcintosh
Tim Huerta
"Global eHealth Innovation Through Tobacco Control: Lessons Learned from the Web-Assisted Tobacco Interventions (WATI) Initiative"
Oral presentation (Practice)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM in RYH Confederation 5 Concurrent Session
Chair: Hans v.d. Slikke, Amsterdam
 
Topic: E-trials: Using the web and e-technologies for clinical trials
 
Keyuan Jiang, Department of Computer Information Technology, Purdue Univer
Stanley Higgins, The Vanderbilt Coordinating Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Bridget Swindell, The Vanderbilt Coordinating Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Mary Stroud, The Vanderbilt Coordinating Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Gordon Bernard, The Vanderbilt Coordinating Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
"Improving Communications in Clinical Trials Using A Web-Based Communications Log"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Marius Kublickas, MedSciNet AB
"Internet-based global clinical trials and registries. Traditional paper data forms are soon completely „out”."
Oral presentation (Business)

 
Seyed Ali Mussavi Rizi, Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia
Nicola Shaw, University of Alberta and Capital Health
"A systematic review of opportunities and challenges to utilize the Internet and central data management in performing clinical trials"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Kui Su, University of Missouri
George Demiris, University of Missouri
"Redefining Informed Consent in the Era of E-Health"
Oral presentation (Practice)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM in RYH Tudor 7 Concurrent Session
Chair: Michael Veronin, USA; Co-Chair: Artur Lendyak, Ukraine
 
Topic: Online pharmacies
 
Artur Lendyak, Lvov National Medical University, Lvov, Ukraine
"Internet-drugstores in post USSR-countries (Ukraine and Russia): problems and perspectives"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Michael Veronin, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharm
"Quality Assessment of Statins Obtained from the Internet"
Oral presentation (Research)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM in RYH Tudor 8 Concurrent Session
Chair: Helen Christensen, The Australian National University, Australia
 
Topic: Health information on the web: Supply and Demand
 
Robert Campbell, Duquesne University
David Nolfi, Duquesne University Gumberg Library
Lenore Resick, Duquesne University School of Nursing
Maureen Leonardo, Duquesne University School of Nursing
"Health Information Needs of the Low Income Elderly"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Stefane Kabene, The University of Western Ontario
"e-Health and user’s cultural characteristics – potential and limitations"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Gitte Kloek, Erasmus MC, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Hein Raat, Erasmus MC, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
"Health Information Sources for Parents of Young Children: the Role of Internet"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
John Powell, University of Warwick, UK
Aileen Clarke, Queen Mary University, London
"Cross-sectional survey investigating public use of the internet for mental health information"
Oral presentation (Research)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM in RYH Ballroom + Concert Hall Foyer Light Lunch Snacks with Poster + Exhibition Viewing
Poster Session 2: Presenters (First Authors) with Surname L-Z
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM in RYH Concert Hall Concurrent Panel
 
Robert Pretlow, eHealth International
Bill Crounse, Healthcare Industry Director, Microsoft Corp.
Mark Blatt, Director of Global Healthcare Strategies, Intel Corp.
John Tooker, CEO, American College of Physicians
Gail Mcgrath, President , National Patient Advocate Foundation
Jonathan Linkous, Executive Director, American Telemedicine Association
Carol Stock, Carol M. Stock Associates, eHealth Legal Services
"VIP Panel: Barriers to the Internet in Medicine and Possible Solutions"
Oral presentation (Business)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM in RYH Confederation 5 Concurrent Session
Chair: Deborah Mayer, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts-New England Medical Center
 
Topic: Cancer and the Internet
 
Joan Dzenowagis, World Health Organization
"Cancer Won't Wait: Implementing eHealth in the New Europe"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Laskhmi Grama, National Cancer Institute
Holly Massett , National Cancer Institute
Whitney Quesenbery ,
Christy Mylks ,
Nancy Atkinson
"Understanding User Expectations from Web-based Cancer Clinical Trial Search Systems"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Tenbroeck Smith, American Cancer Society
Kristi Richardson, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
Corinne Crammer, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
Greta Greer, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
Kevin Stein, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
James Kepner, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
"Efficacy of an online tutorial about cancer-related fatigue"
Oral presentation (Research)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM in RYH Tudor 7 Concurrent Session
Chair: Jeremy Wyatt, University of Dundee, UK
 
Topic: Evaluation and methodological issues in ehealth
 
Karita Ilvonen, MsC.
"Evaluation of PHRs and Patient-Physician Messaging Systems in Chronic Care – Studying Healthcare from an Operations Management Point of View"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Jonathan Klein, University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Pediat
Caryn Graff Havens, University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine
"Internet Survey Methods: Reliability and Mode Effects"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Claudia Pagliari, University of Edinburgh
"Embracing collaborative ‘D’ and ‘R’ in eHealth."
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Kiek Tates, NIVEL (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research), Utrecht, the Netherlands
Marieke Zwaanswijk, NIVEL, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Sandra Van Dulmen, NIVEL, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Roel Otten, NIVEL, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Peter Hoogerbrugge, Department of Paediatric Haemato-Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Willem Kamps, Department of Paediatric Oncology/Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
Jozien Bensing, NIVEL, Utrecht, the Netherlands
"Online Focus Group Methodology as Data Gathering Strategy in Pediatric Oncology"
Oral presentation (Research)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM in RYH Tudor 8 Concurrent Session
Chair: Tom Eng, Healia Inc., USA
 
Topic: Semantic Web applications and search engine technologies
 
Alla Keselman, National Library of Medicine
Tony Tse, National Library of Medicine
Jon Crowell, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Allen Browne, National Library of Medicine
Long Ngo, Harvard Medical School
Qing Zeng, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
"Assessing Consumer Health Vocabulary Familiarity: An Exploratory Study"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Samuel Rosenbloom, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peter Elkin, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
Luka Bajzar, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
John Carter, Apelon, Inc.
Dietlind Wahner-roedler, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
Brent Bauer, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
Zelalem Temesgen, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
Steven Brown, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
"Evaluating Structural Change in a Reference Terminology"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Jan Vejvalka, FN Motol
Petr Lesný
Kryštof Slabý
Tomáš Holeček
Adéla Jarolímková
Petr Zdařil
Michal Šnorek
Jana Čamajová
Miroslav Krhounek
Marek Turnovec
"Medical Algorithms, Knowledge Representation, Domain Ontologies and Web Services"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Qing Zeng, Brigham and Womens hospital, Harvard Medical School
Jonathan Crowell
"Semantic Classification of Consumer Health Content"
Oral presentation (Practice)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM in RYH Confederation 5 Concurrent Session
Chair: Sue Ziebland, University of Oxford, UK
 
Topic: Cancer and the Internet
 
Deborah K. Mayer, Tufts University School of Medicine
Norma Terrin, Tufts University School of Medicine
Gary L. Kreps, Department of Communication, George Mason University
Usha Menon, University of Illinois-Chicago College of Nursing
Kathy Mccance, University of Utah College of Nursing
Susan Parsons, Tufts University School of Medicine
Kathleen H. Mooney, University of Utah College of Nursing
"Cancer Survivors Information Seeking Behaviors: A Comparison of Survivors Who Do and Do Not Seek Information About Cancer"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Bret Shaw, Scientist
Jeong Yeob Han, Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research
Eunkyung Kim, University of Wisconsin Madison
David Gustafson, Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research
Robert Hawkins, Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research
Fiona Mctavish, Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research
James Cleary, UW-Madison Comprehensive Cancer Center
"Effects of Prayer and Religious Expression within Computer Support Groups on Women with Breast Cancer"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Bret Shaw, Scientist
Lori Bernard-dubenske, Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jeong Yeob Han, Department of Journalism, University of Wisconsin - Madison
David Gustafson, Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Fiona Mctavish, Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"Predictors of Online Information Seeking Behaviors: Comparing Patters of Urban African American and Rural Caucasian Breast Cancer Patients"
Oral presentation (Research)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM in RYH Tudor 7 Concurrent Panel
Topic: Evaluation and methodological issues in ehealth
 
Christopher Byczko, Courtyard Group, University of Victoria
Vincent Ng, CourtyardGroup
Kavi Patel, CourtyardGroup
"Challenges in the evaluation of chronic diseases eHealth initiatives"
Oral presentation (Business)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM in RYH Tudor 8 Concurrent Session
Chair: Fred Wood, National Library of Medicine, USA
 
 
Gaetana Cognetti, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome
Katiuscia Dormi, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome
Ivana Truccolo, National Cancer Institute, Oncology Referrals Centre, Aviano
Katia Bianchet, National Cancer Institute, Oncology Referrals Centre, Aviano
"The role of the medical librarians in the organization of integrated knowledge systems for health personnel and consumers"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Jeffrey Ellis, SUNY Downstate
"Open Peer Review of the Medical Literature"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Chris Paton, New Media Medicine
"Using Flash to Create Interactive e-Learning Animations"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Ellen Sayed, University of South Alabama Biomedical Library
Clista Clanton, University of South Alabama Biomedical Library, Mobile, AL, USA
Justin Robertson
"Integrating Virtual Reference with Electronic Library Resources and Electronic Document Delivery Services."
Oral presentation (Research)
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM in RYH Ballroom (Exhibit Space) Break with Exhibition Viewing
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM in RYH Concert Hall Concurrent Panel
Topic: Internet based publishing and peer-review
 
Robert Dellavalle, U. of Colorado
Jeffery Ellis, SUNY Downstate New York
Johan Bollen, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Deborah Saltman, Biomed Central
"Open Peer Review and New Measures of Journal Status: Is the eRevolution in Biomedical Publication Moving Forward or Back?"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Gunther Eysenbach, Editor, Publisher, Journal of Medical Internet Research
Barbara Cohen, Editor, PLoS Medicine
Matthew Cockerill, Publisher, BioMed Central
Leslie Chan, Bioline International
"The Future of Open Access Publishing"
Oral presentation (Practice)
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM in RYH Confederation 5 Concurrent Session
Chair: Janice Nall, Centers for Disease Control (CDC), USA
 
Topic: Public (e-)health, population health technologies, surveillance
 
Theresa Bernardo, Michigan State University
"The Internet for Health, Beyond Information Exchange"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
David Bradshaw, Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
C. Richard Chapman, Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Yoshio Nakamura, Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
"An Online Tool for Identifying Patterns In NIH Funding for Research"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Jen-hsiang Chuang, Center for Disease Control Taiwan, R.O.C.
Shang-lin Yang, Center for Disease Control Taiwan, R.O.C.
Chan-hsien Chiu, Center for Disease Control, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Hsu-sung Kuo, Center for Disease Control Taiwan, R.O.C.
"Web-Based Tools Help Fight TB in Taiwan"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Poh Lai, The University of Hong Kong
K.w. Chan, The University of Hong Kong
"Geographic information systems and three-dimensional modelling of a disease infected building"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Hein Raat, Erasmus MC - University Medical Center Rotterdam; Dept of Pu
Resi Mangunkusumo, Erasmus MC - University Medical Center Rotterdam; Dept of Public Health
Gitte Kloek, Erasmus MC - University Medical Center Rotterdam; Dept of Public Health
"Feasibility, acceptability, and quality of Internet-administered adolescent health promotion in a public health setting"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Wayne Roberts, Public Health Information + Information Technology Office, Ontario Ministry of Health
"Ontario's New Communication Tools are Revitalizing Public Health"
Oral presentation (Business)
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM in RYH Tudor 7 Concurrent Session
Chair: Joan Dzenowagis, World Health Organization
 
Topic: Internet for disease prevention
 
Udi Davidovich, Amsterdam Health Services, Department of Research, Online Re
John De Wit, Utrecht University, social and organizational psychology
Wolfgang Stroebe, Utrecht University, social and organizational psychology
"Using the Internet to reduce risk of HIV-Infection in steady relationships: A randomized controlled trial of an online tailored intervention"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Anke Oenema, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Johannes Brug, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
"Short-term efficacy of a web-based computer-tailored nutrition intervention; main effects and mediators"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Marta Ortega Portillo, UPM
Eva Del Hoyo Barbolla, UPM
María Teresa Arredondo Waldmeyer, UPM
Emanuele Carisio, UPM
"Personalised training tool for the promotion of healthy lifestyles"
Oral presentation (Practice)
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM in RYH Tudor 8 Concurrent Panel
Topic: Psychobehavioral interventions
 
Kathleen Griffiths, Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National U
Helen Christensen, Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University
Greg Clarke, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
"Internet interventions for depression: Panel"
Oral presentation (Practice)
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM in RYH Tudor 7 Concurrent Panel
Topic: Internet for disease prevention
 
Jeff Klausner, San Francisco Dept. of Public Health
Deb K. Levine, Internet Sexuality Information Services, Inc. (ISIS)
Rachel Kachur, US Centers for Disease Control
"Internet Strategies for Clinical Services and Prevention Education in Sexually Transmitted Diseases, including HIV"
Oral presentation (Practice)
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM in RYH Tudor 8 Concurrent Panel
Topic: E-trials: Using the web and e-technologies for clinical trials
 
Kenneth Kobak, MedAvante, Inc.
Janet Williams, MedAvante, Inc.
Nina Engelhard, MedAvante, Inc.
"Recent Innovations on the Use of Telemedicine and E-Learning in the Conduct of Clinical Trials"
Oral presentation (Research)
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM in RYH Confederation 5 Open Workshop
Topic: Usability and human factors on the web
 
Cari Wolfson, Focus on U!
"Usability Metrics in Practice"
Oral presentation (Practice)
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM in RYH Tudor 7 Open Workshop
 
Chris Paton, New Media Medicine
"Handheld Computers in Medicine"
Oral presentation (Practice)
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM in RYH Foyer of Concert Hall Healthy Breakfast Snacks
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM in RYH Concert Hall Concurrent Panel
Topic: Patient portals
 
Prue Deacon, HealthInsite, Aust Govt Dept of Health and Ageing
Nancy Amos, Canadian Health Network, Ottawa, Canada
"Information partnerships for gateway websites panel session"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
David Wiljer, Princess Margaret Hospital/University Health Network
Claudette Delendardo, E-Health Technologies/Grand River Hospital
Sara Urowitz, Oncology Education/Princess Margaret Hospital/University Health Network
Joanne Hohenadel, Centre for Global eHealth Innovations/University Health Network
Howard Pai, Radiationn Oncology/BC Cancer Agency
James Walker, Chief Medical Information Officer/Geisinger Health System
Pamela Catton, Oncology Education/Princess Margaret Hospital/University Health Network
"Patient Access to the EHR Panel: What is the Problem?"
Oral presentation (Practice)
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM in RYH Confederation 5 Concurrent Session
Chair: Lars Kayser, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
 
Topic: Web-based medical education
 
Gary Ferenchick, Michigan State University
Theresa Bernardo, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University
Moses Fetters, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University
"JustInTime: Technology to deliver curriculum & manage educational requirements with mobile technology"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Linda Ferry, Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Christopher Schreur, Loma Linda University
Scott Mcintosh, University of Rochester Medical Center
"Internet-disseminated PDA Training Versus Paper-based Training"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Suncana Kukolja-taradi, University of Zagreb Medical Faculty, Croatia
Milan Taradi, Department of Physiology, University of Zagreb Medical Faculty, Zagreb, Croatia
"Combining asynchronous online discussions with traditional face-to-face physiology classes can improve students' performance on summative assessment"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Anthony Levinson, McMaster University
Sarah Garside
Reuben Tozman, EdCetra Training
Doug Wallace, Agile.Net Inc.
"Implementation of Medical e-Curriculum: Use of the Structured Content Development Model"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Gordon Tait, University of Toronto
Pat Croskerry, Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University
"A new tool for creating online clinical case simulations"
Oral presentation (Practice)
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM in RYH Tudor 7 Concurrent Session
Chair: Peter Selby, University of Toronto, Canada
 
Topic: Psychobehavioral interventions
 
Larry An, University of Minnesota
"The RealU: A Web-based Intervention to Reduce College Smoking"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Beth Bock, Brown University
Amanda Graham , Brown University, Psychiatryand Human Behavior
"The Content, Quality and Usability of Smoking Cessation Treatments on the Internet"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Judith Gordon, Oregon Research Institute
Laura Akers, Oregon Research Institute
Herbert Severson, Oregon Research Institute
Shawn Boles, Oregon Research Institute
Brian Danaher, Oregon Research Institute
"Successful Participant Recruitment Strategies for an Online Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Program"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Claus Møldrup, The Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences
"Individualized health information using SMS – a smoking cessation case"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Vance Rabius, American Cancer Society
K. Joanne Pike, American Cancer Society
Alfred Mcalister, University of Texas at Houston School of Public Health
Angela Geiger, American Cancer Society
"American Cancer Society’s QUITLINK: A Randomized Trial of Internet Assistance for Smoking Cessation"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Herbert Severson, Oregon Research Institute
Judith Gordon, Oregon Research Institute
Shawn Boles, Oregon Research Institute
Brian Danaher, Oregon Research Institute
Laura Akers, Oregon Research Institute
"ChewFree.com: Results of a Web-delivered smokeless tobacco cessation program"
Oral presentation (Research)
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM in RYH Tudor 8 Concurrent Session
Chair: Joe Cafazzo, University Health Network, Toronto
 
Topic: Next Generation Internet Health Applications
 
Ronald Baecker, University of Toronto
Elsa Marziali, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
Tira Cohene, Univesity of Toronto
Simona Mindy, Univesity of Toronto
Kristin Ramdeen, Univesity of Toronto
Sarah Chatland, University of Toronto
"Multimedia Biographies for Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease and their Families"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Daniel Filippini, IFM-Linköping University
Corrado Dinatale
Roberto Paolesse
Adriano Alimelli
Arnaldo D'amico
Ingemar Lundström
"Home and global (bio) chemical sensing with computer screen photo-assisted techniques"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Sylvain Giroux, DOMUS lab, Université de Sherbrooke
Hélène Pigot, DOMUS lab, Université de Sherbrooke
"Cognitive Assistance in Smart Homes"
Oral presentation (Research)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM in RYH Foyer of Concert Hall Break
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM in RYH Concert Hall Concurrent Session
Topic: Business opportunities in ehealth
 
Tom Eng, Healia Inc.
Robert D. Truog, Medbanner Inc.
"An Overview of Health Search Engines and Search Engine Optimization"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Penny Jennett, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
"Health and the ICT Industry Sectors: Working Together for Success"
Oral presentation (Business)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM in RYH Confederation 5 Concurrent Session
Chair: John Powell, University of Warwick, UK
 
Topic: Psychobehavioral interventions
 
Rick Botelho, University of Rochester
"e-Facilitation of Healthy Behavior Change: An Evaluation of Group Online Learning"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
David Buller, Klein Buendel, Inc.
W. Gill Woodall, Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addictions, University of New Mexico
Donald Zimmerman, Department of Journalism and Technical Communication, Colorado State University
Michael Slater, School of Communication, Ohio State University
Jerianne Heimendinger
Everett Rogers, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico
Emily Waters, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Joan Hines, Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology/Hepatology/Nutrition, The Children's Hospital in Denver
Randall Starling, Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, University of New Mexico
Barbara Hau, Collaborative Action for Taos County Health
Patricia Burris-woodall, Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addictions, University of New Mexico
Sue Davis, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Laura Saba, Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Gary Cutter, School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham
"Influencing Knowledge, Self-efficacy, and Readiness to Improve Dietary Behavior in a Rural Tri-ethnic Adult Population with a Nutrition Education Website"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Sarah Lord, Inflexxion
Julie Cunningham , Inflexxion
Christina Thum , Inflexxion
Stacey Decembrele , Inflexxion
Emil Chiauzzi, Inflexxion
"MyStudentBody Stress: Benefits of an Interactive, Internet-based Stress Management Intervention for College Students"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Elizabeth Murray, Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College Lon
Stuart Linke, Psychology Department, Camden and Islington Mentall Health and Social Care Trust.
Paul Wallace, Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London
"Down Your Drink: A pragmatic cohort study of an on-line intervention aimed at hazardous drinkers."
Oral presentation (Research)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM in RYH Tudor 7 Concurrent Session
Chair: Lars Kayser, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
 
Topic: Web-based medical education
 
Grant Cumming, National Health Service Scotland
Susan Klein, Aberdeen University
Denise Bolsover
David Alexander
Neil Hamilton
"The development and evaluation of a miscarriage-related website for women and their partners following early pregnancy loss: a pilot study"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Ross Hetherington, AboutKidsHealth, The Hospital for Sick Children; Departments
Andrew James , AboutKidsHealth, The Hospital for Sick Children; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto
Denis Daneman , Division of Endocrinology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto
Marcia Frank , Division of Endocrinology, The Hospital for Sick Children
Cathy Schmidt , AboutKidsHealth, The Hospital for Sick Children
Minoo Askari , AboutKidsHealth, The Hospital for Sick Children
Jennifer Wong , Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network
Doina Lupea , Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network
Brian Shaw, Departments of Psychiatry and Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto
"Development of a Paediatric Diabetes Website for Families"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Carol M. Stock, Dept. of Nursing Northwest University, Kirkland, Washington
"eHealth Nursing: A University Pilot Course"
Oral presentation (Research)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM in RYH Tudor 8 Concurrent Session
Chair: Khaled El Emam, Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information, University of Ottawa, Canada
 
Topic: Clinical Informatics
 
Ivan Porro, University of Genoa
Elena Tanfani , Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods, University of Genoa, Italy
Angela Testi , Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods, University of Genoa, Italy
Roberto Valente, S. Martino University Hospital, Genoa, Italy
"Swalis: a Web-based System to Manage and Audit Elective Surgery Waiting Lists"
Oral presentation (Research)

 
Mikaela Poulymenopoulou, University of Piraeus
George Vassilacopoulos, University of Piraeus
"A service-oriented architecture for information support to virtual hospital structures"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Dyan Tufts-conrad, Canadian Pharmacists Association
David Crosbie, Canadian Pharmacists Association
"e-Therapeutics – Evidence-based, Clinical Decision Support Tools for Practitioners to Improve Safety and Outcomes from Drug Therapy"
Oral presentation (Practice)

 
Stef Verlinden, Vivici BV, Leiden, The Netherlands
Lisette Van Gemert-pijnen, communication research, University of Twente
"Digital triage to discriminate medical complaints for which a general practitioner (GP) should be consulted from complaints for which a self-care advice can be given."
Oral presentation (Research)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM in RYH Concert Hall Keynote
 
Sue Ziebland, University of Oxford
"www.dipex.org : An ‘innovative and humanistic’ internet resource featuring video and audio clips from qualitative studies of health and illness"
Oral presentation (Practice)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM in RYH British Columbia Open Workshop
Topic: Web-based medical education
 
Lars Kayser, University of Copenhagen
Hans Karle, WFME
"Developing recommendations for “WFME Guidelines and Strategies for Medical e-Learning.”"
Oral presentation (Practice)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM in RYH Confederation 5 SIM General Assembly
Society for Internet in Medicine (SIM) Business Meeting. All Mednet participants are automatically SIM members and are welcome to attend.
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM in CGEI Telehealth Room Open Workshop
Topic: e-besity interventions
 
Tara Cousineau, Inflexxion
Debra L. Franko, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
"Targeting e-health Obesity Prevention for Youth: Balancing Evidence Based-Approaches with Audience Appeal"
Oral presentation (Practice)
3:30 PM - 6:30 PM in CGEI Usability Labs Invitational Workshop
Topic: e-besity interventions
 
Gunther Eysenbach, University of Toronto and Centre for Global Ehealth Innovation
"Health-e Body Weight (E-besity) Workshop: Issues in developing, using, and evaluating ehealth technologies for healthy eating and active lifestyle"
Oral presentation (Research)
Thursday, October 19, 2006
8:30 AM - 5:15 PM in RYH Manitoba Workshop on Patient-Accessible Electronic Health Records
Invitational Workshop. Please contact David Wiljer (david.wiljer at uhn.on.ca) for details.
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM in CGEI Usability Labs Tutorial
Topic: Usability and human factors on the web
 
Janice Nall, Centers for Disases Control and Prevention (CDC)
"FREE CDC-SPONSORED TUTORIAL (registration required, see abstract!): User-Centered Design of Websites"
Oral presentation (Practice)
 
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