Information Highways

Healthcare electronic records management

Healthcare electronic records management, knowledge worker shortages, enterprise productivity, to be detailed at e-Content Institute Conference

Ottawa, March 14, 2005 � Three of today�s most urgent social and organizational issues are now on the agenda at the annual conference of Canada�s �digital knowledge� community.  xwave�s Chief Operating Officer Paul Kent will describe the adoption of a major new electronic healthcare records management system, Paul Swinwood, Executive Director of the Software Human Resources Council (SHRC) will present the latest numbers on Canada�s crises in skilled workers, and Michael O�Neil, Country Manager IDC will share the results of a new study focusing on the productivity, governance and risk management implications of managing enterprise content assets.

�For the Records:  Information and Communications Technology (ICT) as a healthcare change management tool�, is the topic of an address by Paul Kent, Chief Operating Officer at xwave, an Alliant company.  �Healthcare in 2005 is a network service,� said Mr. Kent.  �As our healthcare system seeks to meet patient needs while managing daunting fiscal and human-resource challenges, we need to critically examine how ICT solutions can be used to increase knowledge-sharing and improve transparency and consistency of information.  Electronic medical records are one area that demonstrates great potential both for improving service and overcoming hurdles related to change management�.

�What Lies Ahead � The Future of Canada�s Knowledge Worker�, is the keynote topic for Paul Swinwood, Executive Director of the Software Human Resources Council (SHRC).  �We see in our latest numbers the potential for a serious crisis in the supply of knowledge workers in Canada,� said Mr. Swinwood.  �We have to stop thinking in terms of the technology slow-down, and realize that we have entered a new age where demand is exceeding the supply of skilled people, and where new knowledge workers will be judged on their understanding of the strategic and competitive nature of content and knowledge as much as on their technological savvy�.

Michael O�Neil�s keynote address �The Push for Productivity: Governance and the Challenge of Managing Content Assets� premiers the results of a new IDC study on the nature of content as a competitive tool and productivity driver.

The e-Content Institute�s 16th annual Information Highways program, “Fueling the high-speed enterprise”, is the defining conference for the digital knowledge� community in Canada.  It offers stimulating keynotes and four specialized content streams - Strategy, People, Technology and Content - in dynamic sessions, panels and seminars.  Details of the conference:
2005 Information Highways Conference & Showcase

April 5-7, 2005
Holiday Inn, King Street, Toronto