Grant: Knowledge Translation Supplement

The objective of this proposed KT activity is to increase capacity in eHealth benefits evaluation through the use of knowledge products that have been created by the eHealth Observatory in collaboration with Canada Health Infoway. The eHealth Observatory was established by Dr. Francis Lau in 2009 as part of his five year CIHR/Infoway Applied Chair Award. Its mandate is to monitor the effects of eHealth deployment in Canada thru rigorous evaluation, capacity building and KT. The target audiences of this KT activity are individuals involved with benefits evaluation from any organization (within Canada or international) who plan, coordinate and conduct eHealth evaluation. Our overall KT strategy is to create a virtual community of individuals involved with eHealth benefits evaluation from these organizations to use the knowledge products in their evaluation projects. Five types of existing eHealth benefits evaluation products will be repackaged for use by the community. The new knowledge packages will cover benefits evaluation in general and products specific to the domains of electronic medical records (EMRs), consumer health, data quality, and prescribing practice. The expected outcome is demonstrated use of the knowledge products by the organizations in their eHealth evaluation projects as well as the development of new products. There are five main tasks to be completed over one year as part of our KT strategy. These are to: (1) repackage existing eHealth benefits evaluation knowledge products; (2) conduct a series of online KT sessions; (3) establish a virtual benefits evaluation KT community; (4) evaluate the impact of the KT activities; and (5) develop a KT sustainability plan. (Please note: this application is a revised resubmission for a KT grant.)