Connect Care Manual - Prescriber Experience / CMIO Contacts

CMIO Prescriber Experience and Medical Informatics Team Contacts

This section is currently under development. It will contain information on the roles and members of the CMIO Prescriber Experience and Medical Informatics Team, so prescribers can find who can directly assist with an issue in their particular zone, site, and specialty. Site Medical Informatics Leads (SMILs or Site MILs) can be found in the last section, "Zone and Site Contacts".

CMIO Role Descriptions and Org Chart (click to expand/collapse)

[Org chart coming soon.]

CMIO Roles

Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO)
Associate Chief Medical Information Officers (ACMIOs): One per zone; oversee Connect Care prescriber needs at a zone level
Physician Design Leads (PDLs): Associated with Clinical Systems Improvement (CSI) teams; provincial prescriber subject matter experts on enterprise-wide system build/workflow
Provincial Medical Informatics Leads (PMILs): Lead digital transformation at the provincial and specialty level; focus on enhancing clinical systems through workflow optimization, system design, and evidence-based improvements; engage with clinicians and central teams through CSIs to drive system-wide changes
Program Chief Medical Information Officers (PCMIOs): Oversee Connect Care prescriber needs at a program level
Senior Medical Informatics Advisors (SMIAs): Associated with zonal teams; provide expertise, coordination and management of prescriber needs and issues at the zone and site level
Senior Advisors: Associated with specific CSI teams; experts on both new hire and optimization prescriber training and available training resources
Nurse Practitioner (NP) Educators: Associated with zonal teams; experts on prescriber training and provide direct end user support
Site Medical Informatics Lead (SMILs or Site MILs): Drive digital health initiatives at the local/site level; focus on identifying and advocating for support tailored to local needs; act as visible advocates and communication bridge for frontline staff
CMIO Master Builders: Design, prototype, and test Connect Care solutions for prescriber needs (often complex); mentors for Connect Care Builder program
CMIO Builders: Bridge clinical and technical teams to facilitate solutions for prescriber needs and promote good clinical information system (CIS) design and use

General Contacts (click to expand/collapse)

Clinician Manual requests (e.g., broken link, incorrect content): cmio-manual@ahs.ca
CMIO inquiries: cmio@ahs.ca
Training help: help.cmio@ahs.ca
General help: http://help.connect-care.ca

Provincial Design Contacts (click to expand/collapse)

Note that the Physician Design Leads (PDLs) are listed below twice, first within their respective Clinical Systems Improvement (CSI) Team(s), and then alphabetically with their portfolio assignments.

Clinical Systems Improvement (CSI) Teams

- Cancer Care
  - - Physician Design Leads (PDLs): Dr. Tim Graham (Primary), Dr. Simrit Brar, Dr. Alan Sobey
    - Provincial Medical Informatics Leads (PMILs): Dr. Tony Truong, Dr. Kelvin Young
    - Program Chief Medical Information Officer (PCMIO): Dr. Roger Tsang
    - Senior Advisors: Jackie Ruszkowski, Dawn Vellenoweth
- Capacity Management
  - - Senior Advisor: Solange Pomerleau
- Cardiovascular
  - - PDL: Dr. Darren Hudson
    - PMIL: Dr. Sandeep Aggarwal
    - Senior Advisors: Cari Gibbons, Zuzana Turakova-Baran, Dawn Gobin
- Children's Health
  - - PDL: Dr. Bruce Wright
    - PMILs: Dr. Chris Andrews, Dr. Edwin Bolster
    - Senior Advisors: Dawn Vellenoweth, Jackie Ruszkowski
- Continuing Care
  - - PDL: Dr. Jacques Branch
    - PMILs: Dr. Mark Cahill, Dr. Lawrence Lee, Dr. Amirali Surmawala, Dr. Diana Turner
    - Senior Advisors: Alanna Siebert, Dianne Aker, Whitney Schimanski
- Critical Care
  - - PDLs: Dr. Darren Hudson (Primary), Dr. Alan Sobey
    - PMILs: Dr. Selena Au, Dr. Ehab Eshtaya, Dr. Daniel Garros, Dr. Jack Rabi
    - Senior Advisors: Andries Postmus, Harpreet Bains
- Diagnostic Imaging
  - - PDL: Dr. Alan Sobey
    - PMIL: Dr. Bernice Lau
    - Senior Advisors: Dawn Gobin, Cari Gibbons
- Emergency & EMS
  - - PDL: Dr. Bruce Wright
    - PMILs: Dr. Nicholas Arrotta, Dr. Kate Brockman, Dr. Chris Hall, Dr. Lanette Prediger, Dr. Troy Turner
    - Senior Advisors: Tim Bulger, Andries Postmus
- Indigenous Health
  - - PDL: Dr. Simrit Brar
    - PMIL: Dr. Jennifer Ngo
    - Senior Advisors: Chris Klotz, Harpreet Bains
- Lab
  - - PDL: Dr. Ella Rokosh
    - PMILs: Dr. David Beyer, Dr. Kristen Brown
    - PCMIO: Dr. Susan Nahirniak
    - Senior Advisor: Harpreet Bawa
- Medicine
  - - PDLs: Dr. Marinus van der Westhuizen (Primary), Dr. Rob Hayward
    - PMILs: Dr. Timothy Chan, Dr. Alex Chee, Dr. Maggie Lee, Dr. Nikhil Shah, Dr. Amirali Surmawala, Dr. Karen Wong
    - Senior Advisors: Ashley Melenka, Chris Klotz
- Mental Health & Addictions
  - - PDL: Dr. Jacques Branch
    - PMIL: Dr. Sudhakar Sivapalan
    - Senior Advisors: Harpreet Bains, Dawn Gobin
- Neuroscience & Stroke
  - - PDL: Dr. Darren Hudson
    - PMILs: Dr. Daniel Fok, Dr. Chris Hahn
    - Senior Advisor: Harpreet Bawa
- Patient Access
  - - PDLs: Dr. Jacques Branch (community), Dr. Simrit Brar (specialist)
    - Senior Advisor: Solange Pomerleau
- Pharmacy
  - - PDL: Dr. Ella Rokosh
    - Senior Advisor: Jackie Ruszkowski
- Population & Public Health
  - - PDL: Dr. Tim Graham
    - PMILs: Dr. Joshua Jones
    - Senior Advisors: Zuzana Turakova-Baran, Alanna Siebert
- Primary Care
  - - PDL: Dr. Jacques Branch
    - PMILs: Dr. Fraser Armstrong, Dr. Marili Van Der Merwe
    - Senior Advisors: Whitney Schimanski, Ashley Melenka
- Surgery
  - - PDL: Dr. Alan Sobey
    - PMILs: Dr. Adam Spencer, Dr. Glen Vajcner, Dr. Caleb Zavitz
    - Senior Advisors: Kate Bouska, Whitney Schimanski
- Women's Health
  - - PDL: Dr. Simrit Brar
    - PMILs: Dr. Modupe Omole, Dr. Nicole Panich, Dr. Aaron Pink, Dr. Rachel Wang
    - Senior Advisors: Dianne Aker, Kate Bouska

PDL Portfolio Assignments

- Dr. Jacques Branch: Portals (MyAHS Connect, Connect Care Provider Portal); NACPAG; Results Management/Routing; Referrals (sending); Rural Medicine (including ED)/Primary Care; Corrections
- Dr. Simrit Brar: Ambulatory; Referrals (receiving); Reports/Dashboards
- Dr. Tim Graham: TPAWG; Research (third-party data access); In Basket; Quality/Satisfaction (Arch Collaborative/Signal); Reports/Dashboards
- Dr. Rob Hayward: Clin Doc (synopses, care paths, flowsheets, scoring systems, navigators, transition planning, DQI, provincial templates, Smart objects); Master Builder Medical Lead; Reports/Dashboards; Clinical Research Design
- Dr. Darren Hudson: Critical Care; Downtime/Recovery; Mobility; Speech Recognition; Devices; Videos; AI; Reports/Dashboards
- Dr. Ella Rokosh: CDS; Prescriber Content, Standards and Practice Committee
- Dr. Alan Sobey: Surgery; MOAs; Procedure Pass; Anaesthesia; Lumens; Clinical Research Design
- Dr. Marinus van der Westhuizen: Inpatient, Med Reconciliation; Patient Movement/IFTs; ROP (Required Org. Practices); Clin Doc (problem-oriented charting, provider teams, patient lists); Day Med/Therapy Plans; Continuing Care Ordering
- Dr. Bruce Wright: Training/Education; CMIO Editorial Board; eSafety; Roles and Permissions; Medical Learners; Prescriber Content, Standards and Practice Committee

Zone and Site Contacts (click to expand/collapse)

[Note the below list is not yet complete, as some sites are still in the process of SMIL recruitment.]

North Zone

North Zone Associate Chief Medical Information Officer (ACMIO): Dr. Marc Shaw, cmio.nz@ahs.ca
Senior Medical Informatics Advisor (SMIA): Anna Moore
Senior Advisors: Dawn Gobin (Primary), Harpreet Bawa
Nurse Practitioner (NP) Educators: Richard Littleton (Primary), Shereen Grubb
North Zone Site Medical Informatics Leads (SMILs):
- - Areas 1 & 2 (High Level, La Crete, Fort Vermilion, Manning, Peace River, Fairview, Grimshaw)
    - - All specialties: Dr. Temitope Olufolaji
  - Areas 3 & 4 (Spirit River, Beaverlodge, Hythe, Grande Cache, Valleyview, Fox Creek, Jasper, Hinton, Edson, Whitecourt)
    - - All specialties: Dr. Noel Corser
  - Areas 5 & 6 (Westlock, Barrhead, Redwater, Swan Hills, McLennan, High Prairie, Slave Lake, Wabasca/Desmaris)
    - - All specialties: Dr. Marili Van Der Merwe
  - Areas 7 & 8 (Athabasca, Boyle, Smoky Lake, Lac La Biche, Cold Lake, Bonnyville, Elk Point, St. Paul)
    - - All specialties: Dr. Dean Hanson
  - Area 9 (Grande Prairie)
    - - All specialties: Dr. Modupe Omole
  - Area 10 (Fort McMurray)
    - - All specialties: Dr. Eugene Marais

Edmonton Zone

Edmonton Zone Associate Chief Medical Information Officer (ACMIO): cmio.ez@ahs.ca
Senior Medical Informatics Advisor (SMIA): Aalia Damani
Senior Advisors: Jackie Ruszkowski (Primary), Zuzana Turakova-Baran
Nurse Practitioner (NP) Educators: Shereen Grubb (Primary), Jaycee Arbour
Edmonton Zone Site Medical Informatics Leads (SMILs):
- - University of Alberta Hospital (UAH) and Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
    - - Inpatient, Ambulatory, Emergency: Dr. Nicholas Arrotta, Dr. Rob Hayward
      - Procedural specialties: Dr. Bryan Dicken
  - Stollery Children’s Hospital
    - - All specialties: Dr. Vijay Anand
  - Cross Cancer Institute (CCI)
    - - All specialties: Dr. Jay Easaw
  - Royal Alexandria Hospital (RAH)
    - - Inpatient, Ambulatory, Emergency: Dr. Stuart Rosser
      - Procedural specialties: Dr. Alan Sobey
  - Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital (GRH)
    - - All specialties: Dr. Rakesh Dewan
  - Sturgeon Community Hospital (SCH)
    - - All specialties: Dr. Chu Yang Lin
  - [Under recruitment: KEC, AHE, Suburban Sites, and Continuing Care, LTC, Seniors, HC]

Central Zone

Central Zone Associate Chief Medical Information Officer (ACMIO): cmio.cez@ahs.ca
Senior Medical Informatics Advisor (SMIA): Anna Moore
Senior Advisors: Harpreet Bawa (Primary), Dawn Gobin
Nurse Practitioner (NP) Educators: Jaycee Arbour (Primary), Sarah Duncan
Central Zone Site Medical Informatics Leads (SMILs):
- - Central North West
    - - All specialties: Dr. Kevin Yang
  - Central South West
    - - All specialties: Dr. Mark Wylie
  - Red Deer
    - - All specialties: Dr. Hannes Conradie
  - [Under recruitment: NE and SE]

Calgary Zone

Calgary Zone Associate Chief Medical Information Officer (ACMIO): Dr. Karmon Helmle, cmio.caz@ahs.ca
Senior Medical Informatics Advisor (SMIA): Sarah Kemper
Senior Advisors: Dianne Aker (Primary), Chris Klotz
Nurse Practitioner (NP) Educators: Allison Fyfe (Primary), Richard Littleton
Calgary Zone Site Medical Informatics Leads (SMILs):
- - Peter Lougheed Center (PLC)
    - - Medical Inpatient, Ambulatory, Emergency: Dr. Peter Davids
      - Surgery, Procedures, Critical Care: Dr. Kenton Rommens
  - Foothills Medical Center (FMC)
    - - Medical Inpatient & Ambulatory: Dr. Eric Leung
      - Surgical: [under recruitment]
  - South Health Campus (SHC)
    - - All specialties: Dr. Pavan Ahluwalia
  - Alberta Children’s Hospital (ACH)
    - - All specialties: Dr. Dominica Gidrewicz
  - Rockyview General Hospital (RGH)
    - - Medical Inpatient, Ambulatory, Emergency: Dr. Denise Watt
      - Surgery, Procedures, Critical Care: Dr. Shahdi Henein
  - Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Center (RRDTC)
    - - All specialties: Dr. Vicky Parkins
  - Arthur Child Cancer Care Centre (ACCC)
    - - All specialties: Dr. Sylvia McCulloch
  - Continuing Care, Supportive Living, Home Care
    - - All specialties: Dr. Maria Malagon
  - Community and Rural
    - - All specialties: Dr. Lindsay Annand
  - Addictions & Mental Health
    - - All specialties: Dr. Julia Kirkham
  - Data & Analytics
    - - All specialties: Dr. Omar Khan

South Zone

South Zone Associate Chief Medical Information Officer (ACMIO): cmio.sz@ahs.ca
Senior Medical Informatics Advisor (SMIA): Anna Moore
Senior Advisors: Andries Postmus (Primary), Whitney Schimanski
Nurse Practitioner (NP) Educators: Sarah Duncan (Primary), Allison Fyfe
South Zone Site Medical Informatics Leads (SMILs):
- - Lethbridge
    - - All specialties: Dr. Pavan Kumar, Dr. Kevin Martin
  - Rural Southwest (including Taber)
    - - All specialties: Dr. Hollis Roth
  - Medicine Hat
    - - All specialties: Dr. Vince DiNinno
  - [Under recruitment: Rural SE]