Welcomes
iDeaWORKS is a Mohawk College initiative linking innovation, entrepreneurship and applied research
Innovation—Focuses on improving productivity, efficiency, and value creation in the service sector.
Entrepreneurship—Encourages entrepreneurs- in-the-making through The Hatchery, a pre-incubator that provides guidance, facilities and seed money for student business ventures.
Applied Research – Faculty and students work with businesses and other community partners in finding innovative solutions real-world challenges. Partners benefit from our expertise, technology and facilities; students learn practical skills and build relationships with future employers.
Students and faculty work on collaborative projects with industry and community partners
• Mobile Technology
• Advanced Materials
• Health Care
• Software Development
• Energy
• Service Innovation
Applied Research continues to expand
• Projects focused on solving real world problems using pragmatic solutions
• Leveraging a depth of Faculty knowledge
• Work performed by in class, course release, and co-op students
• Showcase Mohawk Graduates to industry partners
• Large project portfolio (past , present and future)
Applied Research Projects (2010/2011)
Advanced Materials15%
Chemical5%
Energy20%
Health Technology40%
Mobile Technology20%
Active & Proposed Projects 2010/2011
AR Team Involvement
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Team Members per Semester
Staff Faculty Co-op Students
MARC-HI Advisory Council
• Canada Health Infoway Rep – Ron Parker• Clinician Rep – Dr. Marion Lyver, Healthy
Futures• Jurisdictional Rep – Roger Girard, Chief
Information Officer Manitoba eHealth• Vendor Reps – Gary Folker, xwave and Sam
Chebib, Nightingale• Health System Management Rep – Mark Fuller,
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
EHR SOLUTION (EHRS)
EHR INFOSTRUCTURE (EHRi)
EHR ViewerPoint of Service
ApplicationPoint of Service
Application
EHRSLocator
Longitudinal Record Services
Health Information Access Layer
AncillaryData &
Services
HealthInformation
DataWarehouse
EHRData &
Services
RegistriesData &
Services
Key EHRS Architecture Concepts
Applied Research• Solve a practical problem• May include:
– Background research– Build prototype (reference
implementation)– Documentation– Test modules– Build a solution or define a
process
Scientific Research• Discover new knowledge
using the scientific method– Background research– Hypothesis– Design experiment– Gather data– Analyze data– Conclusion
Projects Funded By NSERC
• Building the Canadian Electronic Health Record Solution Reference Implementation
• Techniques to simplify and optimize HL7v3 messages
• Software technologies to simplify connections to the Reference system
• Integration of components into the EHRS
Why is the EHR important?• Healthcare professionals make clinical decisions based on
knowledge• Better knowledge translates to better care• Knowledge starts with accurate, relevant clinical information• The EHR creates the capability to share relevant clinical
information• The 5 Rs of the EHR:– The right information– About the right client– Available to the right person– In the right place– At the right time
Clients/Patients
Pharmacy
Laboratory
DiagnosticHospital Emergency
Homecare
Community Care Center
Clinic Emergency Services
Specialist Clinic
Locations of Electronic Clinical Data Today: 40,000 Systems to Integrate
Canada Health Infoway
• Canada Health Infoway is an independent, not-for-profit organization whose members are Canada's 14 federal, provincial and territorial Deputy Ministers of Health
• Infoway is Canada's catalyst for collaborative change to accelerate the use of electronic health information systems and electronic health records (EHRs) across the country
HL7v3 API – Everest Framework
• Everest Framework– Improve experience with v3 messages• Easy to create structures
– Parameterized constructors– Hide fixed members
• Fixed value sets– Use enumerations instead of strings– Business names instead of mnemonics
• Format structures (ie:Date/Time) for the developer– Improve code re-usability
EHR Project Scope & Guidelines
• Research & Development Phase (overlaps the other phases)– Health System Management– EHRi Load/stress testing– Mobile eHealth technologies– Personal Health Records– Innovative Privacy & Security Technologies
• Future– Drug domain– Diagnostic Imaging domain– Public Health Surveillance– National e-Claims Standard
EHR Infostructure:Conceptual Architecture
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ecGroup Inc.
MARC-HI Partners
Healthy Futures
Our success in health informatics demonstrated our leadership in software technology
In 2007, Mohawk launches the Applied Research Centre in Health Informatics
(MARC-HI)
MARC-HI becomes the home for Canada’s EHR System reference
implementation
In 2010, MARC-HI wins the prestigious Canada Health Infoway Standards
Collaborative Peer Award
Mohawk’s centre is used as a model for health informatics at the University of
KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa
Mohawk’s iDeaWORKS gears up for an mHealth project to build a working
protoype of an SMS-based interface to jurisdictional infrastructure
Mohawk wins $2.5M grant to implement an architecture to integrate electronic health records across Canada
As an energetic, passionate, youth-centric group
• Youth
• Passion
• Energy
• Excellence