Experience

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  Grand erie district school board

  Sept 1992 - Jun 1998

  Teacher

  Taught various subjects to high school students including Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Physics, and Physical and Health Education. Lead various extra-curricular activities including outdoor clubs, leadership conferences, and team sports.

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  Selkirk college

  Feb 1999 - Aug 1999

  Instructor

  Taught various subjects to college students including Computers, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, and Physics.

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  Kootenay lake school district no.8

  Sept 1999 - Jun 2004

  Teacher

  Directed a High school Science/Mathematics Department; including goal setting, resource allocation, staffing, and curriculum development. Lead various extra-curricular activities including clubs, leadership conferences, and team sports.

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  Dalhousie university - health informatics program executive directors

  Jan 2005 - Sept 2005

  Project manager

  Initiated, planned, and implemented a web-based application, Health Informatics Interactive Alumni Database. The application provided an accessible and practical channel of communication and interaction among Dalhousie University Health Informatics community.

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  Interior health authority - imit

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  Senior systems specialist

  Directed an Evaluation Project for an implementation initiative of advanced hospital clinical information systems (The Quality and Patient Safety Project). Researched, designed and developed the evaluative framework. Conducted the evaluation; including the data analysis. Contributed to the project team’s change management strategies. Disseminated project results.

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  Canadian institutes of health research - dalhousie university

  Apr 2005 - May 2006

  Principle investigator

  Investigated, designed, implemented, and evaluated a novel web-based, personalized patient education system for the management of cardiovascular disease risk, PULSE. Wrote scientific articles and disseminated the research and prototype system both nationally and internationally.

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  Selena davis & associates inc.

  Feb 2007 - now

  Owner, health informatics consulting

  Providing executive-level, strategic digital health leadership and designing and implementing insightful, innovative research in health informatics & data science.http://www.healthinformaticsconsulting.ca

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  Town of creston

  Sept 2007 - Feb 2009

  Project manager

  Directed an information technology infrastructure project to improve administrative effectiveness of the organization. Carried out an analysis of IT requirements and recommended a phased-approach implementation. Executed project plan. Managed the project team, resources and launched the website.

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  Doctors of bc - physician information technology office

  Oct 2007 - Aug 2013

  Developed a formal Communities of Practice (CoP) program and aligned the program strategy to the overall PITO program.Directed a portfolio of projects, the Innovation Diffusion Projects (e.g. patient portal, eReferral, data standards and physician feedback reporting for quality improvement). Each project supported the exploration and development of innovative ways that clinicians can increase the consistency and quality of patient information and care and leverage information-sharing to coordinate services Show less

  • Lead, Clinical Usability & Standards

    Oct 2012 - Aug 2013

  • Program Manager, Communities of Practice

    Aug 2010 - Oct 2012

  • Project Manager/ Relationship Manager

    Oct 2007 - Oct 2010
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  Kootenay boundary division of family practice

  Sept 2013 - Aug 2019

  Lead, health informatics

  Directed strategic health information management and technology initiatives and projects to institute a culture of continuous quality improvement, using advanced EMR functionality and other digital health tools and technologies for optimal patient care.

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  University of victoria

  May 2015 - now

  Leading and collaborating on health informatics research. Guest Lecturer, Undergraduate & Graduate HINF coursesResearcher, Digital Health Equity Group, Co-applicant (CIHR funded) in a program of study to to understand the gaps and opportunities for designing and implementing modifiable anatomic inventories in digital health information systems and to support clinical decision making and health care provider engagement to ensure high quality, inclusive healthcare. 2023 - ongoing Researcher (Co-PI) on a research project entitled, "Advancing the Science of Patient-Centered Measurement in Team-Based Care", funded by Michael Smith Health Research BC, BC SUPPORT UNIT's Patient-Centered Measurement Methods Cluster. 2019-2022 Researcher in the School of Health Information Science. Designed and conducted research studies in the areas of electronic health records, patient-facing health information technologies, clinical decision support, knowledge management, patient engagement, information personalization, process evaluation, and quality improvement.

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Health Information Science

    Mar 2019 - now

  • Research Consultant

    Jan 2019 - Oct 2022

  • Senior Research Assistant

    May 2015 - Mar 2019
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  Bc patient safety & quality council

  Apr 2016 - Oct 2017

  Engagement leader, patient & public engagement

  Provided regional leadership to various priority activities within the patient and public engagement strategy, including oversight of the development of a provincial network of citizens to work with the ministry of health, health authorities, patients, physicians, academic partners and other health improvement organizations to drive health system transformation and clinical programs redesign.

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  Doctors of bc

  Nov 2016 - Jul 2019

  Executive director - facility engagement, kb physicians association

  Provided executive leadership to the non-profit organization (Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Medical Staff) and its portfolio of projects, and guidance to the development of complex change and collaborative stakeholder activities.

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  Health data coalition

  Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

  Senior information analyst

  Managed validation and implementation processes of the organization’s data sharing technology in Kootenay Boundary region.

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  The university of british columbia

  Dec 2018 - now

  Researcher, Rural Health Equity through Social Enterprise and Technology Synergies Group, (Co-applicant) in a program of study to understand digital solutions for preventative care of rural patients who are unattached to regular healthcare provider, funded by UBCO Rural Health Equity Cluster. 2022 - ongoingResearch and scholarship development of family practice medical residents for the Kootenay Boundary UBC Family Medicine Residency Program. 2015 - ongoingResearcher (Co-applicant) in a program of study to understand the meaning, value, and use of patient-reported data for personal health records within a primary care network in rural BC, funded by Michael Smith Health Research BC, BC SUPPORT UNIT's Data Science and Health Informatics (DaSHI) Methods Cluster. 2019-2022 Show less

  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine

    Oct 2015 - now

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Health Science

    Feb 2019 - Aug 2019

  • Research Consultant

    Dec 2018 - Feb 2019
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  Bc ministry of health

  Oct 2020 - Dec 2021

  Strategist, provincial digital health strategy office

  Worked directly with Provincial Chief Medical Information Officer, Digital Health Initiatives, to establish the strategic execution of a digital health ecosystem for British Columbia

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  Himss

  Jan 2022 - Oct 2022

  Digital health strategist

  Enabled global digital health system transformation using research, strategy, innovation, thought leadership and outcomes-based digital health products like the HIMSS Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity (AMAM) and Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model (EMRAM).

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  The patient revolution, inc.

  Aug 2023 - now

  Fellow

  Inspiring action and change in healthcare globally to advance the mission and vision of The Patient Revolution for careful & kind care which is firmly rooted in local health system change, collaboration, research and education.

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  Jalpha health tech

  Aug 2023 - now

  Expert strategic advisor

  Founding Expert Advisor to catalyze healthcare system transformation in many countries in Africa from a paper-based to a digital system. Starting in Cameroon and Nigeria, Jalpha Health Tech encompasses the development and implementation of a comprehensive digital platform combining an EHR, patient-facing tools, virtual care, and AI-powered decision support adapted to the African healthcare setting