ONe-Health Steering Committee gathering in Toronto for first meeting
KORI’s Brian Walmark has been preparing today for the inaugural meeting of the ONe-Health network which is meeting on Friday in Toronto… Brian has consulted with KOTM’s Donna Williams and K-Net’s Brian Beaton to discuss some of the goals and objectives that the North needs to realize as a result of this gathering… As part of this process, KOTM Nancy Grieves will be working with a sub-committee of this group to look and privacy and security policies for telehealth in Ontario…
Background for the One-Health Steering Committee can be found in the (2007) Northern Ontario e-Health Information and Communication Technology Blueprint – Tactical Plan…
Brian will be providing updates to KO First Nations and Keewaytinook Okimakanak and will be seeking feedback from KO Chiefs, Health Directors and KO managers… He will seek the advice and direction of key informants including Brian Beaton, facilitator of K-Net Services, Robert Thomas, KO Health Director and Donna Williams, manager of KO Tele-Medicine…
Brian has been assisting KO Executive Director Geordi Kakepetum during his trip to Thunder Bay… Geordi and Chief Royale Meekis are in Thunder Bay participating in NAN’s Northern Roundtable meetings…
Yesterday, Brian and Franz Seibel participated in a planning exercise for the KO Research Institute (KORI)… KORI has more than a dozen projects, large and small to complete before the end of the fiscal year…