Co-developing a needs-derived research strategy toward forming a Digital Health Research Centre at BC Children’s and Women’s Hospitals
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Year 2024
- Principal investigator Matthias Gorges
- Co-lead(s) Lori Brotto, BC Women's Health Research Institute
- Host institution University of British Columbia
- Research location BC Children`s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children
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Team members
- Lori Brotto, BC Women's Health Research Institute
- Rosalyn Carr, University of British Columbia
- Beth Payne, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute and WHRI
- Melanie Hanson, Provincial Health Services Authority
- Josh Stevens, Optiv Canada
- Tibor van Rooij, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
- May Tuason, Provincial Health Services Authority
- Jonathan Wong, Provincial Health Services Authority
- Quynh Doan, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
- Gina Ogilvie, Institute for Global Health at Children's and Women's Hospital
- Jana Davidson, BC Children's and Women's Hospital and Health Centre
- Angel Arnaout, Provincial Health Services Authority
- Holly Longstaff, Provincial Health Services Authority
- Victoria Schuckel, BC Ministry of Health
- Nicole Prestley, Women's Health Research Institute
- Matthew Wiens, University of British Columbia
- Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen, University of British Columbia
Digital health combines technology like smartphones and artificial intelligence, data from personal devices and hospital systems, and people like doctors, nurses, patients, and families to improve the health and well-being of the population. Digital health improves access to care and quality by providing the right information at the right time. Our team’s digital health research focuses on improving care for women, children, and their families in BC. There are existing successes and challenges to using digital health research in BC hospitals. To learn from these lessons and listen to the needs of our community, we will partner with people with lived experience (patients), healthcare workers, and hospital leaders. We aim to develop a shared research strategy and plan for a new Digital Health Research Centre spanning BC Children’s and Women’s Hospitals. In this project, we will identify gaps and opportunities, define priorities and co-develop research strategies that address current challenges to improve our health system with digital technology. The partnerships we form will allow us to advance the digital health research field and better serve the needs of the BC children’s and women’s health community.