News and events

Congratulations to our Alumni Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia (MSc) for receiving The 2019 Digital Health Executive of the Year.

The School of Health Information Science extends our best wishes for success in the national competition.

ITCH 2019 proceedings are now available online.

Dr. Elizabeth Borycki will be a keynote speaker in the Global Healthcare Communications Summit taking place in Toronto.

Big Data, Big Challenges: A Healthcare Perspective

This event showcased the work of the 2018-2019 Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Award recipients. Over 100 students from all across campus came together to present their research posters.

Dr. Elizabeth Borycki, recipient of the HSD Teaching Excellence award

The Visual and Automated Disease Analytics graduate training program is now recruiting.

Shannon Malovec being named one of the 2018 Women Leaders in Digital Health.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Elizabeth Borycki has been inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS).

HINF Graduate Student Handbook 2018-2019 now available

Dr. Jennifer Zelmer is the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement’s New President and CEO

ITCH 2019 Call for Papers

Information Technology & Communications in Health (ITCH) 2019 Conference Registration is now open!

Health Information Science Alumni, Brigitte Mettler is the President of BC Health Information Management Professionals Society for 2018/19.

Dr. Elizabeth Borycki designs health information technologies that improve patient care and safety

Alum at Island Health developed a Workshop for Emerging Health Informatics Professionals. The workshop successfully showed HINF students how their studies translate into the real world.

Lisa Saffarek was awarded the Excellence in Telehealth Award.

Dr. Elizabeth Borycki is one of the 12 recipients of the prestigious MSFHR Health Professional-Investigator Award.

The School of Health Information Science invites applications for the position of Assistant Teaching Professor, effective July 1, 2018 or as negotiated. The deadline to apply is May 15, 2018.

Maclean's magazine published an article about UVic, which lists Health Information Science as one of UVic's standout programs.

Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA) Call for Nominations

UVic to offer Canada’s first CHIMA accredited Health Terminology Standards Certificate Program

Dr. Elizabeth Borycki is one of the 17 new Fellows inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) at ceremonies during the AMIA 2017 Annual Symposium.

Four UVic Health Information faculty members receive the honor of being named to the top 100 biomedical and health informatics researchers in the world by IMIA and become founding members of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics.

Dr. Andre Kushniruk has been selected to replace Dr. Jermey Theal as Vice-President, North America and COACH Representative to IMIA.

This handbook presents the science and practice of eHealth evaluation based on empirical evidence gathered over many years within the health informatics discipline. The handbook describes different approaches used to evaluate the planning, design, implementation, use and impact of eHealth systems in different health settings. It also provides a snapshot of the current state of knowledge on the consequences of opting for eHealth systems with respect to their effects and implications on provider performance and health outcomes.

Shannon Malovec, a health informatics leader and UVic alumni, was elected to Digital Health Canada's Board of Directors.

The 16th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (MEDINFO2017), is to be held August 21st-25th, 2017 in Xiamen, China.