Health Analytic Insights Podcast

To celebrate digital health week (Nov 29th - Dec 5th) I interviewed Deborah Adewunmi, a digital health and health-technology enthusiast with demonstrated experience working as a software developer in the health-tech sector. Resources:  https://digitalhealthweek.co/events Sign up to the newsletter and get your FREE guide to starting your career in health informatics here : https://mailchi.mp/e...

On this episode of the Health Analytic Insights podcast I am excited to interview Anastasia Pargulski MPH, as she recalls her journey of struggling to break into the field to obtaining her first role in health informatics. This episode is jam-packed with helpful advice, you want to hear if you are looking to get your first role in the field!  Resource:  Looking to secure your first role...

Sometimes we are looking for a mid-career shift or we feel burnt out at our current role and we are looking for a pivot. Here are some roles that can be a basis for transitioning into a health informatics role. Sign up to the newsletter and get your FREE guide to starting your career in health informatics here : https://mailchi.mp/e4cd52ccaaf5/health-analytic-insights. Resources: Podcast Episode:...

On this episode, I had the honour of interviewing Abiola Ayilara who is a Registered Nurse, and who advocates for nurses to learn more about the field of informatics. In this episode, we talk about the state of nursing informatics in Nigeria and the bootcamp she is running called the "Nurse Digital Transformation" an initiative to develop, train and equip student nurses, and qualified nurses in he...

On this episode I had the honour of interviewing Asya Spears, who has her background in biostatistics, and is the founder of Rose Data Studio, a data literacy and storytelling consulting agency. In this episode we talk about the importance of people with a variety of diverse backgrounds entering the analytics field especially in Public Health and Health Informatics. Asya also provides some amazing...

Two themes which always seem to find its way into all the episodes of the Health Analytic Insights podcast are: data governance and the importance of clear communication to patients when designing digital healthcare products. Today we are going to talk all about data governance and what it means for the health informatics field. The month of September, marks one year since I began the Health Analy...

I often get the question from listeners: Can you transition into health informatics as a nurse or pharmacy technician? The answer is a resounding YES! In this episode of the Health Analytic Insights podcast we are going to go over some tips on how you can make the jump from your clinical role to a health informatic role. If you have used these tips or you have found these tips helpful, I would lov...

Sign up to the newsletter and get your FREE guide to starting your career in health informatics here . On this episode of the Health Analytic Insights podcast I am honoured to interview Daniel Yeboah who is the Founder and General Manager of Ellerca Health Corp , whose mission is to improve patient care through leading technologies and innovation. Daniel has over 10 years experience as a healthcar...

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In many episodes of the Health Analytic Insights podcast I have touched on the importance of interoperability, today I am dedicating a whole episode on how interoperability shows up in healthcare, what are the barriers and the impact it will have on the future of healthcare! Resources  ClinicianBurnout StudybyGartner NewbornScreening Welcome to the Health Analytic Insights Podcast. This podca...

On this episode of the Health Analytic Insights podcast, I have the honour of interviewing Eddie Jay, who has over 17 years of experience working with healthcare data and is a health actuary by trade. He is passionate about pragmatically utilizing health data to find actionable insights, thereby improving patient care and has worked for a variety of healthcare organizations including insurers, hos...

This episode of the Health Analytic Insights Podcast is all about bringing awareness to Sickle Cell Disease in the the health, public and political space and the role technology can play in helping to educate others. I interviewed Mrs. Lanre Tunji-Ajayi M.S.M, who is the president/CEO of the Sickle Cell Awareness Group of Ontario (SCAGO) and the founding president/CEO of the Sickle Cell Disease As...

On this episode of the podcast we dive into a question from a listener, who asked me, What careers in health informatics do you think will be in high demand in the future? Although no one can predict the future, in looking at current trends in the BI/BA roles and as standards such as FHIR (Fast Health Interoperability Resources) improve connectivity between healthcare systems, we will be able to t...

On this episode of the Health Analytic Insights podcast I have the honour of interviewing my friend Mohamed Abdelazez, who is a PhD Candidate studying Biomedical Engineering. His research consists of applying signal processing techniques to quantify the quality of ECG signals and using machine learning and deep learning techniques to detect cardiovascular diseases. In this episode we talk about ho...

In this episode of the Health Analytic Insights podcast we talk about potential entry level roles you can apply to today, to break into the field of health informatics and how you can hone both your technical and soft skills to further advance your career in this field. Sources discussed in this episode: Source1 Source2 Source3 Source4 Source5 Have specific questions for me? Send a voice message h...

On this episode of the Health Analytic Insights podcast, I am honoured to interview Jennifer Lewis MSN-NI, BSN, RN who works as a Senior Nurse Manager in Nursing Informatics. Jennifer has a YouTube channel called the Informatics Life which hosts a wealth of information on health and nursing informatics, directly from her years of experience. On this episode we talk about how to break into the fiel...

In this episode of the Health Analytic Insights podcast we talk about a range of topics from the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, telemedicine, AI & machine learning and how health equity interconnects! Sources discussed in the episode: Source1 Source2 Source3 Source4 Source5 Source6 Source7 Welcome to the Health Analytic Insights Podcast. This podcast is ALL about creating a community of like-minded...

On this episode of the Health Analytic Insights podcast, I had the honour of interviewing Lorraine Chapman, Senior Director of Healthcare at Macadamian , she has over 20 years of experience in user experience design, working for companies such as Nortel and Maskery & Associates before joining Macadamian as a Project Manager in 2006. On this episode of the podcast we talk about some of the desi...

On this episode of the Health Analytic Insights podcast, as Amazon, Google, Apple and IBM are all moving into the healthcare sector, data privacy should be a concern for governments, legislators and us! In this podcast episode, I talk about historical data breaches and what we can learn from these situations, as the health informatics space rapidly develops. Sources discussed in this episode:&nbsp...

On this episode of the Health Analytic Insights podcast, I had the honour of interviewing Ron Beleno, an active advocate for dementia, caregiving, aging, and research communities. In this episode we talk about how technology can be used as a tool to help with the concept of "aging in place" and the importance of patient advisory groups when driving health technology. Keep up to date with Ron! Webs...

On this episode of the Health Analytic Insights podcast, I had the honour of interviewing Dr. Roxana-Maria Barbu, who works as a Cognitive Scientist/UX researcher at Macadamian . In this episode we talk about how you can transform your passion into a career and moving from academia to industry (3:56) and we also talk about why digital health apps fail (24:18) Welcome to the Health Analytic Insight...

In this episode of the Health Analytic Insights podcast I have the honour of interviewing Kathryn Stasiuk Riddell P. Eng and Owner at KSR Environmental, her background is in water resource engineering and she will be giving her thoughts and opinions about the state of water safety in Canada and globally!  Extra sources discussed:  Source1 Source2 Source3 Source4 Source5 Source6 Welcome t...

In this episode of the podcast, I discuss what are clinical dashboards, the innovative ways healthcare organizations are using these dashboards for and what are some key considerations to have before designing a clinical dashboard for your healthcare organization. Sources: Source1 Source2 Source3 Source4 Welcome to the Health Analytic Insights Podcast. This podcast is ALL about creating a communit...

On this episode of the Health Analytic Insights podcast I had the honour of interviewing my friend Yasmina Souley Dosso who is in process of completing her PhD in Biomedical Engineering . Her thesis involves the application of computer vision and deep learning for creating a non-contact, non-invasive, and unobtrusive camera-based patient monitoring system in the neonatal intensive care unit....

In this episode of the podcast I am going to go through the steps you can use if you would like to create a clinical business intelligence portfolio when applying for jobs in the health informatics or healthcare analytics space. Why should you build a clinical business intelligence portfolio? Well if you are looking to enter the field but you have only clinical or technical experience or if you ha...