Hacking Health: Bringing Clinicians and Developers Together to Create Digital Healthcare Solutions

In October 2012, team members at the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation and Healthcare Human Factors co-organized Hacking Health Toronto , a hackathon that brought together our clinical and design contacts with Toronto’s developer community, to rapidly prototype digital solutions to healthcare problems. Hosted at the MaRS Discovery District, the Hacking Health Toronto weekend closed [...]

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February 8, 2013

Dr. Joseph Cafazzo, Speaker at TEDx Toronto 2012

TEDx: A platform that brings together the realms of Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED), in a local, self-organized (x) conference with the theme ‘Ideas Worth Sharing’. TEDx Toronto 2012: In its fourth year in Toronto, TEDx 2012 explores the theme Alchemy. 16 local speakers from different disciplines within the community are invited to talk and [...]

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August 2, 2012

Human Factors Experts Present Workshop at eHealth Conference in Vancouver

Healthcare Human Factors members, Dr. Joseph Cafazzo, Cassie McDaniel, and Diane De Sousa, present a workshop on ‘How to Develop a Mobile App for Healthcare: The Non-Technical Aspects You Need to Consider’ at e-Health 2012 held in Vancouver, BC on May 27-30th, 2012. Overview: The technical considerations of developing a mobile app for healthcare are [...]

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May 23, 2012