Journal of Health & Medical Informatics

James M Christenson

Biography

Dr. Jim Christenson is an emergency physician at St. Paul’s Hospital and was appointed as Professor and Head of the Academic Department of Emergency Medicine at UBC in September 2010. He is keenly interested in developing a well connected community of emergency physicians across the province and in galvanizing the faculty in the Department to support and facilitate the best care possible in the 101 hospital emergency departments in British Columbia. From 2005 to 2010 he was the Vice-President, Medical Programs for the Emergency and Health Services Commission (EHSC) and embraced the challenge of optimizing care in the prehospital emergency setting. A keen interest in the best clinical practice during resuscitation motivated involvement in the CPR Guidelines process and extensive volunteer work with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the American Heart Association.

Research Interest

Advances in Health Care Technology, Health Care Records,Health Care Informatics, Health Information Management, Clinical Informatics,Emergency and Acute Care Setting