EMHI ROUNDS – Jan 18, 2024 @ 9am to 12pm 

Hi all, Join us for a talk on core topic, a journal club, and a case study in health IT:  

via Teams : 2023-2024 link  

9 am Topic: The role of data science in healthcare advancements: applications, benefits, and future prospects, by Dr.Saleh Alsaeed

Learning Objective:

1. How is Data Science Being Integrated into the Healthcare Sector?
2. What are the Key Applications and Benefits of Big Data in Healthcare?
3. What Challenges Exist in Healthcare Data Management and How Can They Be Addressed?

Original paper

10 am: Case study- integrated approach of data analytics, simulation, and system optimization to evaluate emergency department performance, by: Dr. Bassam Alomar

Learning objectives:

1. To understand the concept of time motion simulation in the ED.
2. To understand the various application for the simulator environments.
3. To understand the difficulties around building a simulation environment.

Question: what are the factors that you would consider when building a simulation environment?

Reference: 1

Reference: 2

11 am: Journal Club: Use of Machine Learning to Differentiate Children With Kawasaki Disease From Other Febrile Children in a Pediatric Emergency Department, by: Dr.Khalid Binghannam

learning objectives:

1. can we use machine learning to detect potentially life-threatening but rare diagnoses?
2. in Kawasaki disease, which is primarily a clinical diagnosis can machine learning outperform clinical diagnosis?

Original paper

BIO: Dr. Saleh Alsaeed, health informatics emergency medicine fellow, department of emergency medicine, McGill University. He is from pediatric background, finished his pediatric medicine board back home in Saudi Arabia, and pediatric emergency medicine fellowship in McMaster prior to be enrolled in his current fellowship. Dr. Saleh has an interest in workflow and human behavior

BIO: Dr. Bassam Alomar, health informatics emergency medicine fellow, department of emergency medicine, McGill University. He is from pediatric background, finished his pediatric medicine board and pediatric emergency medicine fellowship back home in Saudi Arabia, worked as a staff for 2 years prior to be enrolled in his current fellowship. Dr. Bassam has an interest in workflow improvement, big data management and machine learning.

BIO: Dr.Khalid Binghannam , final year Emergency Medicine Resident doing AOI rotation in Health Informatics.