Using Smart Data to Improve Health, Engagement and Productivity 

Please join us for lunch on Wednesday April 13th, 2016 at the Fairmont Palliser Hotel, 133 – 9 Ave. SW Calgary.

This session will focus on best practices related to using smart data as a foundation for improved decision making in workforce health, engagement and productivity. Evidence-informed strategies for transforming data into action will be explored, including common pitfalls to avoid. Practical examples will be provided to support the success of using smart data to achieve desired outcomes. 

Guest Speaker

Dr. Tyler Amell Morneau Shepell Dr. Tyler Amell is a well-known and respected thought leader specializing in evidence-informed workplace health and productivity. Currently, Dr. Amell is a Partner at Morneau Shepell where he advises organizations in their needs related to strategic and integrated health, as well as absence notification and management, disability management and prevention, workers’ compensation, strategy evaluation, evidence-informed decision making and workplace health and safety. Dr. Amell is an occupational epidemiologist and specializes in the distribution, cause and control and injury and illness in working populations.

Dr. Amell has given seminars and presentations at over 80 national and international conferences in areas of his expertise. He has also authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications, as well as book chapters and technical reports for industry. He is a former instructor at the University of Calgary, University of Alberta, University of Ottawa and Queen’s University in occupational health, disability management, risk management, and other programs such as physical therapy, rehabilitation medicine, anatomy, statistics, biomechanics, kinesiology and continuing education.

Another of his areas of expertise is in applied health research, and using evidence, data and technology to make better, more informed business and health decisions when it comes to strategy, funding, prevention, assessment and treatment. Dr. Amell was one of a select group of experts on the panel evaluating the $13million Federal Government fund allocation for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the SocialSciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) combined Healthy and Productive Work (HPW) initiative for 2016.

Dr. Amell concurrently serves on the Executive Board of Directors of the Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health (CARWH), and has worked in the past with the Institute for Work and Health (IWH). Previous work experience includes Chief Executive Officer of StaffRelay, Vice President of Centric Health, Vice President of LifeMark Health.