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Homelessness in Health Administrative Data

BIG IDEAs about Health Data Speaker Series logo at the top left. Two smiling people Lucie Richard and Diana Ridgeway. Text reads: Thursday, March 27. 10:00 am PT to 11:00 am PT. Health Data Research Network Canada logo at bottom left.
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About the Speakers

Lucie Richard is a Senior Research Associate and Adjunct Scientist at MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, part of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael’s Hospital. Her research identifies and addresses health and health care disparities driven by social determinants of health, with a focus on homelessness. Ms. Richard is an advocate for using secondary data sources wherever appropriate to minimize burden on research participants. She led the creation, validation and revalidation of a method to identify homelessness within Canadian health administrative databases, which is now used across Canada to describe and assess the health and health care patterns of patients experiencing homelessness. Ms. Richard specializes in employing this method to conduct research and evaluation work in Toronto and Ontario, both alone or in combination with primary research cohorts.

Diana Ridgeway is a Senior Analyst with the Population Health department at the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Her work focuses on leveraging Canadian health administrative data to provide insights on inequalities in health outcomes and health systems. Ms. Ridgeway has contributed to several publications about homelessness, using health care data. She has also contributed to CIHI’s Health Inequalities Toolkit and other educational products.

Upcoming Events

Headshots of Carrie-Anne Whyte and Francis Abayateye. Text reads: Accessing Data through DASH. December 4. Health Data Research Network Canada logo at bottom.

BIG IDEAs about Health Data Speaker Series logo at the top left. Two smiling people Nathan Lachowsky and Anu Verma. Text reads: Thursday, January 23. 10:00 am PT to 11:00 am PT. Health Data Research Network Canada logo at bottom left.

BIG IDEAs About Health Data Speaker Series logo at the top left corner. A smiling visual of a women Laura Ferreira-Legere. Text reads: Thursday, May 27. 10:00 AM PT | 1:00 PM PT. Health Data Research Network Canada logo at bottom right.