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Joaquin Blaya, PhD

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About Joaquin Blaya, PhD
Joaquin Blaya, PhD, is currently Chief Technology Officer at eHealth Systems, an health IT implementation company, and a Research Fellow at the Brigham & Women's Hospital. His work focuses on the use of IT in improving health care in resource poor settings and in promoting the use of open source software and open standards to improve local capacity building and interoperability between information systems.

Role(s) / Profession(s)

  • Consultant
  • Researcher

Organization

  • Brigham And Women's Hospital - BWH
    Website: http://www.brighamandwomens.org/ Type: Medical Institution Country: United States About: Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is a 747-bed nonprofit teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a founding member of Partners HealthCare System, an integrated health care delivery network. BWH is committed to excellence in patient care with expertise in virtually every specialty of medicine and surgery. Through investigation and discovery conducted at its Biomedical Research Institute (BRI), BWH is an international leader in basic, clinical and translational research on human diseases, involving more than 800 physician-investigators and renowned biomedical scientists and faculty.
  • eHealth Systems
    Website: http://www.ehealthsystems.cl/ Type: For-Profit Organization Country: Chile About: Consultoría en implementación de estrategia de informatizaciónen salud y desarrollo e implantación de sistemas informáticos clínicos.
  • Harvard Medical School
    Website: http://hms.harvard.edu/hms/home.asp Type: Academic Institution Country: United States About: Harvard Medical School’s (HMS) mission is to create and nurture a diverse community of the best people committed to leadership in alleviating human suffering caused by disease. Students and more than 7,500 full-time faculty in 11 academic departments located on the School's Boston campus, in one of 47 hospital-based clinical departments at 18 Harvard-affiliated teaching hospitals and research institutes, or at 30 research centers, divisions, and institutes, advance the School’s mission every day. Within HMS, the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine (DGHSM) works in close collaboration with the GHD project teams, from participating in GHDonline communities to developing the GHD academic platform.
  • Partners In Health - PIH
    Website: http://www.pih.org/ Type: Non-Governmental Organization Country: United States About: Partners In Health, co-founded by physicians Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim, serves millions of poor patients in nine countries, providing them with extensive health care and social services that address the root causes of poor health. By successfully proving that providing comprehensive, community-based medical care for complex diseases such as AIDS and tuberculosis is not just possible but essential, the organization has helped bring about significant changes in global health policies and practices.

Work Location(s)

  • Chile

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Language(s)

  • English
  • Spanish

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    Joaquin Blaya, PhD started a discussion "Webinar: Third Health Revolution by Sir Muir Gray Tuesday July 28 at 11 am EST" in the Health IT community.

    This might be of interest for those that are focused on knowledge management. Health Information Webinar Series presented by: UnitedHealth Group/Ovations, 3FOUR50 Oxford Health Alliance Initiative, and the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) U.S.-Mexico Border Office Health Information Webinar Series Third Health Revolution by Sir Muir Gray How we can build the culture of our network so that we all feel we belong? Tuesday July 28th, 2009 11:00am - 12pm (EST) ...

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    Joaquin Blaya, PhD started a discussion "Global Libraries: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's 2010 Access to Learning Award" in the Health IT community.

    This is a $1 million award for institutions providing public use of computers to their communities. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently accepting applications to its annual Access to Learning Award (ATLA), which recognizes the innovative efforts of public libraries and similar institutions outside the United States to connect people to information and opportunities through free access to computers and the Internet. The award is given by Global Libraries, a special initiative of ...

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    Joaquin Blaya, PhD started a discussion "50 Successful Open Source Projects That Are Changing Medicine" in the Health IT community.

    50 Successful Open Source Projects That Are Changing Medicine February 19, 2009 Open source healthcare is forging forward quickly on the Internet. But, fast developments often produce many failures. But, many medicinal open source projects that have gained success development. This success shows that open source alone is not the solitary factor in development. Instead, look to great management, public relations, marketing and a sound program that stands up under the scrutiny of a growing ...

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    Joaquin Blaya, PhD started a discussion "Latin American Open Source Health Informatics Meeting, Oct. 26-31, Peru" in the Health IT community.

    We're very excited to announce the 1st Annual Latin American Open Source Health Informatics Meeting (IMeCA 2009) in Lima, Peru the 26-31 of October 2009. The principal objectives of the 1st IMeCA 2009 are: * Show the benefits of open source electronic medical record software and community development to empower local organizations * Understand the issues and needs of health care organizations in Latin America in using such systems * Strengthen networks, promote coordination of ...

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    Joaquin Blaya, PhD started a discussion "Video about open architecture and standards project" in the Health IT community.

    Hi everyone, This is a good video about the open architecture and standards project. It's focused on OpenMRS and OpenROSA in Africa. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bwQPS1dFvE

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