NICHE offers health informatics R&D expertise in: NICHE Areas NICHE Collaborations NICHE Services NICHE offers health informatics R&D expertise in: Computerization of clinical guidelines for point-of-care use Single disease or co-morbid diseases Computerization of clinical pathways/workflows to coordinate care Development of knowledge-based clinical decision support systems Personalization of patient education packages and delivery using web and mobile technologies Generation of personalized patient care plans: (1) Treatment care plans and (2) Nursing care plans Home-based patient surveillance and response systems E-Clinic for remote patient interactions Collaborative knowledge translation frameworks Web-based communities of practice (patients & practitioners) Data mining for deriving interesting analysis from large volume data Health business intelligence for institutional administration support NICHE collaborates to: Develop user-specific health informatics systems Develop and evaluate small-scale ‘prototype’ solutions as proof- of-concept for a larger healthcare solution Perform technology assessment (for upgrade or new systems) Specify health informatics technology-driven solutions Develop research proposals Review R&D proposals (technical content) Brainstorm new vision/ideas/projects Advice on art-of-the-possible NICHE offers services as: Consultants Contract solution providers System designers and/or developers Collaborators on grant-funded R&D projects NICHE Data NICHE is: A leader in health informatics research-based solutions A multi-disciplinary research group comprising members from health and computing streams A student training and mentoring environment An active collaborator with health researchers/practitioners and industry on multiple healthcare projects/grants A prolific publisher/presenter of research outcomes at international forums For more information contact: Prof. Raza Abidi, NICHE Director, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax. Email: sraza@cs.dal.ca Ph: 902-4942129 OR visit www.niche.cs.dal.ca

NICHE research group is a university-based research group specializing in state-of-the-art health informatics solutions to improve patient care NICHE research group works in collaboration with healthcare institutions, industry, researchers and practitioners to develop’ customized’ health informatics solutions for your specialized patient care needs NICHE research group offers health informatics expertise to health services programs and health research projects NICHE research group seeks collaborations – if you have interesting projects that require computing technology support then we will like to work with you. For more information contact: Prof. Raza Abidi, NICHE Director, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax. Email: sraza@cs.dal.ca Ph: 902-4942129 OR visit www.niche.cs.dal.ca