Health Data for All of Us: Sharing Ideas and Priorities


This is a hybrid in-person and online forum for researchers and members of the public to learn about the work of HDRN Canada and to share their thoughts and concerns about how health data in Canada should be used.

The keynote speaker is Rachel Plachcinski, a researcher based at Oxford University who specializes in parent, patient and public involvement in health care. Rachel also sits on the Public Advisory Board for Health Data Research UK.

Other speakers include:

Dialogue session - Branches of the same tree: Using linked administrative health data to reduce illicit drug poisoning and improve the health of people released from incarceration


Incarceration is a major source of social and health inequities in Canada and globally. Persons who interact with the criminal legal system are at exceptionally high-risk of illicit drug poisoning. In response to this major challenge have been efforts to promote evidence-based decision making through use of linked administrative health data in BC and globally. In BC, these efforts have included the establishment of the Peer (Persons with Lived Experience) Advisory Group at the BC Centre for Disease Control that co-leads analyses using the BC Provincial Overdose Cohort.

Evaluating Microdosing in the Emergency Department: A randomized controlled trial of buprenorphine/naloxone microdosing vs. standard dosing


A naloxone kit

Data access has been approved for a multi-site, randomized controlled trial to examine the effectiveness of buprenorphine/naloxone microdosing induction for emergency department (ED) patients with opioid use disorder.

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