Canada Health Infoway

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Canada Health Infoway is a strategic investor working with Canadian jurisdictions to accelerate the development of electronic health records. According to their website, it is an independent, not-for-profit organization whose Members are Canada's 14 federal, provincial and territorial Deputy Ministers of Health.

The areas of focus are:

  • Registries
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Drug Information Systems
  • Laboratory Information Systems
  • Telehealth
  • Public Health Surveillance
  • Interoperable EHR Systems
  • Innovation and Adoption
  • Infostructure

They are also involved in developing pan-Canadian electronic health information standards, leveraging the HL7v3 standard.

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