Norman G. Vinson

OCRI Award August 26, 2011

Seems I forgot to mention that the group I’m in (rather than “my group” which makes it seem like I’m the boss, which I’m not) and our partners (too numerous to mention here, but see below) won a “Health Innovation Award” for a syndromic surveillance system we installed at Ottawa Public Health.

The award is from an Ottawa organization called OCRI, which stands for Ottawa Centre for Regional Innovation. I think it’s a pretty good organization (after all, they gave us an award). If you’re in high tech or an entrepreneur in Ottawa, you should check it out.

Our project partners were University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa Public Health, AMITA Corporation, The Ottawa Hospital, StataCorp LP, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Hopital Montfort, Queensway Carleton Hospital, Carleton University, Queen’s University Public Health Informatics (QPHI), Grey Bruce Health Unit, Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Health, Carnegie Mellon University, Michigan Dept. of Community Health, York Public Health, SilvaCorp, e-Privacy Management Systems, PHAC and the City of Ottawa.