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COACH

Canada's Health Informatics Association is the voice of health informatics (HI) in Canada, promoting the adoption, practice and professionalism of HI. COACH represents a diverse community of accomplished, influential professionals who work passionately to make a difference in advancing healthcare through information technology. HI is the intersection of clinical, IM/IT and management practices. Members are dedicated to realizing their full potential as professionals and advancing HI through access to information, talent, credentials, recognition, programs and a broad range of services and specialized resources.

 

canada health infoway

Canada Health Infoway is an independent not-for-profit corporation created by Canada’s First Ministers in 2001, and funded by the Government of Canada.

Infoway is engaged with diverse communities to help foster development and adoption of information technology to transform health care in Canada.

  • Health care community
  • Canadians
  • Government
  • Academia
  • Technology industry
To ensure clinical value is achieved through our health information technology investments, we actively engage the health care community – in leadership, practice and education - to support our mandate. This includes connecting with individual clinicians, as well as health care organizations and not-for-profit associations.

 

CIHI - Canadian institute for health information

 

Since 1994, CIHI has played a unique role in Canada’s health care system. Working with their partners, CIHI has

  • Helped improve the depth and breadth of Canada’s health data
  • Built and maintained 27 critical pan-Canadian databases that enable jurisdictions to compare data
  • Produced analyses on health and health care in Canada that are relevant, timely and actionable
  • Increased the understanding and use of data through education, reporting tools and strategies
  • Developed information standards that allow every jurisdiction to understand, compare and use the data effectively

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