Past Projects

Published Studies

  • Shaw E, BSc, Howard M, Chan D, Waters H, Kaczorowski J, Price P, Zazulak J. Women’s Web Access to Their Own Antenatal Health Record and Personalized Health Information: Effect on Pregnancy Health Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction. J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2008;30(1):38-43
  • C, Sellors J, Levine M, Chan D, Dolovich L, Howard M. Computer networking to enhance pharmacist-physician communication: A pilot demonstration project in community settings. CPJ/RPC October 2004, Vol. 137,8:26-30.
  • Holbrook A, Chan D, et al. Individualized electronic decision support and reminders to improve diabetes care in the community: COMPETE II randomized trial. CMAJ July 6, 2009 and Manuscript No: JAMA10-5978. Submitted to JAMA September 16, 2010.
  • Julie Richardson1, Lori Letts1, David Chan2, Paul Stratford1, Carri Hand1, David Price2, Linda Hilts2, Liliana Coman1, Mary Edwards1, Sue Baptiste1 and Mary Law1 Rehabilitation in a primary care setting for persons with chronic illness – a randomized controlled trial. Primary Health Care Research & Development

Non-Published Studies

  • Apr 7, 2009    Can Personal Health Record (PHR) be a catalyst for healthcare change? Examples from the MyOSCAR project. Department of Family Medicine, U of Calgary.
  • Apr 8, 2009    My-BP(PHR & self mgmt). Resident rounds, Department of Family Medicine, U of Calgary
  • Apr 16, 2009    Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) in Health Care – Showcase of OSCAR, a Canadian project and its potential use in Cancer Care. Regional Oncology Rounds. Juravinski Cancer Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences.
  • May 5, 2009    Personal Health Records: a catalyst for positive health care change. Department of Family Medicine, McGill Unviersity
  • Feb 22, 2010    E-Health: Electronic Management of Worker’s Personal Health Record (PHR) and Implications for Health Benefits. Canadian Health and Wellness Innovations Conference, Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Dolovitch L, Chan D, et al. Initial evaluation of a web-based patient self-management e-health strategy intervention for hypertension. Poster presentation. Trillium Primary Care Research Forum, Hamilton, Ontario June 2009
  • McCann D, Chan D. Using MyOSCAR as a Pandemic Surveillance Tool. CIHR Thinkathon. Poster presentation, April 2009
  • Chan D, Sheehan K.  Patient Uptake and Satisfaction with Dietitian Support using MyOSCAR.  Oral presentation. Trillium Primary Care Research Day, Toronto, Canada, June 20, 2008.
  • Chan D, Howard M, Kirkham C, Coward J. MyOSCAR: An Open Source Personal Health Record. North American Primary Care Research Group, Vancouver, British Columbia, October, 2007
  • Chan D. MyOSCAR – a Personally Controlled Health Record. Open Source Health Care Alliance (OSHCA) 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. May 8-11, 2007

Current Projects

McGill University

The personal health record (PHR) has generated a lot of interest and debate, as demand increases for better quality of care and access to personal health information. The internet is changing the role of the health consumer, with patients now actively seeking out and sharing information online on their health issues. Though different commercial options exist on the market, there is a need for a system that can be accessed by the public, ensures the complete privacy and confidentiality of the data, has little or no cost for the patients or health care providers and helps patients manage their medications, their symptoms and track their health state. This project aims to develop a patient-centered PHR, by further developing an existing open-source PHR. Content, utility and functionality will be explored and determined directly with patients. This will provide the basis to develop tools that take advantage of many of the existing internet options while ensuring that their data will not be sold or used for corporate gains. This PHR will also provide patients directly with the latest findings from clinical research. We will be testing how easily information can be exchanged and shared among patients, primary care researchers and health professionals. This project will provide information necessary to conduct a larger study testing how effective the PHR and different levels of data sharing are at improving a patient’s health and quality of care.

Future Projects

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