Opioid use in Ontario: How can regularly collected data be enhanced to inform policy in Ontario?

Please join us …

When: Tuesday, October 31, 2017, 12–1 p.m.

Where: ICES, G-Wing, Conference Centre (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)

Who: Tara Gomes, PhD; Scientist, St. Michael’s Hospital; Scientist, ICES

Topic: Opioid use in Ontario: How can regularly collected data be enhanced to inform policy in Ontario?

Learning objectives

1. Discuss strategies for identifying and accessing new data sources to enhance the scope and impact of a research program
2. Learn how large administrative data can be used to measure the potential and realized impact of various policies and strategies designed to address inappropriate opioid prescribing
3. Review future opportunities, and the potential for patient involvement in determining research priorities.

Tara Gomes