Updates to the Perinatal Data Registry
We are excited to announce a new data linkage available with the BC Perinatal Data Registry (BCPDR). As of June, we can now link BCPDR
The WHRI recognizes that digital health has the potential to significantly improve access and quality of health care for patients and their families. We aim to catalyze new innovative research and support projects which use digital tools to improve health of women, other marginalized genders, and newborns. We are committed to supporting our researchers working on patient-centred and needs-driven solutions and facilitating collaboration between researchers, industry, and other stakeholders.
Partner with us and let’s innovate together.
Below is a brief overview about conducting digital health research, to help you get started. It provides an introduction about digital health research methods, user-centred design, and resources for vendor selection, intellectual property management, and privacy and security.
Learn more: WHRI Digital Health Research Resource Quick Guide
We can support your digital health project at any stage of development – from initial concept development to supporting implementation. Click the link below to learn more about WHRI’s digital health services and how to get in contact with our Digital Health Research Manager.
Learn more: Digital Health Support at the WHRI
Below is a concise overview of the Digital Health Survey from 2023 and 2021.
Learn more: Summary of the Digital Health Survey
In collaboration with the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, the WHRI is hosting a joint digital health research and implementation learning series, to support members leveraging innovation to improve health and health care. Check out upcoming sessions and archived videos from past events.
Learn more: Digital Health Learning Corner
The 2024 CW DHR Accelerator Grant (a total of $450,000) is intended to support digital health innovations that will benefit women, children and families. This funding opportunity aims to accelerate digital health solutions towards clinical or community implementation by supporting researchers to develop prototype solutions, test feasibility in the operational context, assemble the required partnerships and teams, develop clinical and/or operational evidence, and create a plan for sustainment and scale-up.
Learn more: Important dates and Proposals
We are excited to announce a new data linkage available with the BC Perinatal Data Registry (BCPDR). As of June, we can now link BCPDR
On May 2nd, 2024, the joint Digital Health Research Program at BCCHR and WHRI co-hosted a Digital Health Spring Social Event at UBC Robson Square
About RAPID This project aims to bring together multiple partners including patients, researchers, government, and health care decision-makers to co-develop a research agenda for digital
The Women’s Health Research Institute would like to acknowledge that we are uninvited guests on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lo, and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-waututh) Nations.
As a provincial research institute committed to improving the health outcomes of women, including those across the 2SLGBTQIA+ spectrum, we recognize our responsibility in the collective effort towards establishing culturally safe health care systems and services that address health inequities among Indigenous peoples, especially Indigenous women, girls, and Two-spirit peoples.
We encourage all people involved in research to read both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action and the In Plain Sight Report, and reflect on ways we can incorporate the recommendations into our work. As we gather in spaces together, we encourage you to reflect on your positionality on these lands and your personal commitments to reconciliation.