Event Details
Start Date: September 8, 2025 / End Date: October 6, 2025
Content
The Canadian Healthcare System; Clinical and Health Services; Technology Ecosystem; Information Management; Project Management; Healthcare Transformation; Analysis & Evaluation; Bonus Session: CPHIMS-CA
Continuing Education Units
Earn 21 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for attending this Live Learning Series.
Informatics Now: A Live Learning Series Session 3/8: Information Management
Informatics Now: A Live Learning Series is open to individual learners who want to deepen their knowledge of health informatics, prepare for the CPHIMS-CA exam, or explore the Canadian digital health ecosystem—one module at a time. The learning series is perfect for independent professionals, new grads, or anyone ready to level up in digital health.
Spaces are limited to encourage participant engagement and networking, and to allow time for questions and answers.
Pre- and post-session resources are available at the link provided in the reminder email sent to all registrants one day before each session.
Session 3/8: Information ManagementThe Information Management module equips learners with the essential competencies to manage health information as a strategic resource. Learners will understand and apply the key attributes of data quality, integrity, and appropriateness within the context of healthcare systems.
The module covers the identification and addressing of data sources and gaps in relation to business needs and emphasizes the understanding of data interrelationships and dependencies among various health information systems. Ethical, legislative, and regulatory requirements related to health information management are explored, along with accepted policies, principles, and guidelines for managing health information.
The module also provides an understanding of relevant health information standards, system integration, clinical workflow, and the principles of good information governance. Additionally, learners will learn about privacy, security, and confidentiality concepts, existing privacy frameworks, and the roles within the Information Management domain. This comprehensive module prepares learners for effective and ethical information management in the healthcare sector.
Rod Burns received a B.Sc. (Hons) in Medical Physiology from the University of Western Ontario in 1988 and a Masters of Health Administration from the University of Ottawa in 1992. He spent 15 years working in the hospital sector in Ontario and three years in the NSM LHIN environment.
He has held positions in Finance, Administration, Community Relations, Information Technology & Services, Clinical Utilization Management, Decision Support and Digital Health. Through a 30-year career, Rod has held senior leadership positions in Information Management portfolios developing and implementing multiple IS and corporate strategic plans.
He is currently providing digital health consulting at a provincial level in Ontario.
Rod is active in the professional community and a strong believer in on-going leadership development.
Along with memberships with various professional associations, he served as Board Secretary for ProResp Health in Sarnia, Board Chair of the Huronia Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic, Past President of the Ontario Chapter of the Health Information and Management Systems Society and Past President of the Southwestern Chapter of the Canadian College of Health Service Executives. He was one of the first Canadians to earn the CPHIMS-CA credential in 2005, his CDPSE and CHCIO and CDH-E credentials between 2015 and 2020.
Rod earned his FCCHL in 2018 and the FHIMSS credential in 2022 as a culmination of a career commitment to ongoing professional development.
Rod’s current professional interests lie in consumer health, health system leadership, digital health, and institutional knowledge management. He continues to support health service leadership development through his ongoing involvement as a CCHL CHE Program Evaluator and Fellowship Program Evaluator and Mentor. He is also a member of the CCHL Fellows Council.
| Date | Time | Topic | Facilitator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, Sept. 8, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | The Canadian Healthcare System | Radica Bissoondial |
| Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Clinical & Health Services | Lorraine Toderash |
| Monday, Sept. 15, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Information Management | Rod Burns |
| Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Healthcare Transformation | Julia Zarb |
| Monday, Sept. 22, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Technology Ecosystem | Andriana Lukich |
| Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Project Management | Makan Camara |
| Monday, Sept. 29, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | CPHIMS-CA Q&A | Nickiesha Linton |
| Monday, Oct. 6, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Analysis & Evaluation | Lirije Hyseni and Lisa Harman |
Register yourself or sign up your team for synchronized learning
- Individual (Digital Health Canada Member) – $950 + tax
- Individual (Non-member) – $1,900 + tax
- 10 Pack (Digital Health Canada Group Member) – $10,250 + tax
- 20 Pack (Digital Health Canada Group Member) – $18,450 + tax
- 30 Pack (Digital Health Canada Group Member) – $26,137 + tax