1. 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. Ph:
OR visit

2. 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. Ph:
OR visit