Health Users Group (HUG)

Our Next Meeting: stay tuned for more details.

Get involved
The Executive team is looking to add to an enthusiastic and dedicated Executive team for the Health Users Group. 

If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Eugene Wen or Ruth Croxford.

If you would like to be notified of upcoming Health User Group Meetings, please SUBSCRIBE to the Health User Group Distribution List.

Presentation Archive:

• SAS 9 Enterprise Intelligence Platform – Ken Nakashima, SAS Canada (Spring 2008) New**
• Using SAS To Improve Efficiency In Report Production and Dissemination - Dragos Daniel Capan, William Lu & Eugene Wen, CIHI (Spring 2008) New**
• An introduction to Data Mining as applied to discovering abnormal physician billing behaviors – Dan McKenzie, SAS Canada (Spring 2007)
• The Hows and Whys of the SAS/STAT Survey Procedures - Tim Trussell, SAS Canada (Spring 2007)
• Developing and Reporting Health Indicators: Data issues and Traps - Eugene Wen, CIHI (Spring 2007)
• Health Databases: What's Available - Eugene Wen, CIHI (Fall 2006)
• An Introduction o Proc GLIMMIX - John Amrhein, SAS Canada  (Fall 2006)
• MIMO – Multiple Inputs Multiple Outputs - John Fahey, Reproductive Care Program of Nova Scotia (Fall 2006) (Supporting Zip File)
• Creating a Publication - Quality Report Using SAS, XML and Open-Source Tools - John Fahey (Fall 2006)
• Whats New in SAS/STAT 9.1 - Lorne Rothman, SAS Canada (Spring 2006)
• Efficiencies with Large Data Sets - Peter Eberhardt, Fernwood Consulting Group Inc (Spring 2006)
• Adjusting for Selection Bias in the Analysis of Observational Data: The Propensity Score - Ruth Croxford, ICES (Spring 2006)
• PCCF and It's Application in Health Projects - Eugene Wen, CIHI (Spring 2006
• Bonus Presentations on PCCF from Russell Wilkins: "PCCF Introduction",  "PCCF Advanced Topics"