Hans Oh
innovation | evaluation | ehealth
Hans is an experienced health
care management professional and PhD candidate with a track
record of transforming eHealth. Hans's specialty is in the
area of evaluation, specifically multi-disciplinary and
multi-method evaluations of the use of information and
communication technologies in health care settings. In past
projects, he has: conducted ethnographic studies within an
organizational context for business process re-engineering
purposes, designed outcome and process studies to evaluate
the use of hand-held computers and mobile technologies by
physicians, conducted formative evaluations for program
improvement/development, and taught health care professionals
about the principles and techniques of continuous quality
improvement (CQI).
Hans began his doctoral studies at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Dr. Alejandro (Alex) Jadad, one of the world's foremost experts in ehealth. Hans's PhD research explores if our evaluation tools, developed over the past 30 years, are still appropriate to use in a technologically mediated, increasingly complex, and rapidly changing health care industry. This research will help determine if we need to change how we approach evaluation. He is focusing on mobile technologies in acute and community based end-of-life/supportive care. In addition to his research, Hans maintains an ehealth blog aimed at helping people better understand some of the issues surrounding ehealth, health informatics, and innovation in health care.
Recently, Hans recently joined nD Insight, a consulting firm focused on helping clients who work to improve the 'social good' of society - human health, public health, environmental health, and social health.
Hans has a broad range of experience working in the Canadian health care system. Some of his experience includes:
In his spare time, Hans enjoys playing competitive Scrabble® and participates regularly in tournaments. As a musician with training in violin, piano, and music theory, Hans enjoys listening to live jazz and classical music performances. Hans is an avid reader of business strategy, philosophy, media and cultural studies, and innovation theory. His favourite author is Neil Postman.
Hans began his doctoral studies at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Dr. Alejandro (Alex) Jadad, one of the world's foremost experts in ehealth. Hans's PhD research explores if our evaluation tools, developed over the past 30 years, are still appropriate to use in a technologically mediated, increasingly complex, and rapidly changing health care industry. This research will help determine if we need to change how we approach evaluation. He is focusing on mobile technologies in acute and community based end-of-life/supportive care. In addition to his research, Hans maintains an ehealth blog aimed at helping people better understand some of the issues surrounding ehealth, health informatics, and innovation in health care.
Recently, Hans recently joined nD Insight, a consulting firm focused on helping clients who work to improve the 'social good' of society - human health, public health, environmental health, and social health.
Hans has a broad range of experience working in the Canadian health care system. Some of his experience includes:
- examining national policy issues affecting system organization and development (especially regarding technology issues);
- improving hospital performance via business process re-engineering and continuous quality improvement;
- developing ehealth strategy at the provincial level;
- following, observing, and interviewing physicians and nurses over a six week period at an urban teaching hospital; and,
- teaching and modeling health behaviours to children of family violence.
In his spare time, Hans enjoys playing competitive Scrabble® and participates regularly in tournaments. As a musician with training in violin, piano, and music theory, Hans enjoys listening to live jazz and classical music performances. Hans is an avid reader of business strategy, philosophy, media and cultural studies, and innovation theory. His favourite author is Neil Postman.