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Working with our membership, ITAC establishes and sets targets for where Canada's knowledge economy should be compared to key peer/competitor nations. Where we fall short, ITAC determines what we need to do to get there and ensure we do what is needed in areas such as: skills, capital, tax, science & technology, and collaboration.
ITAC believes Canadian businesses should be leaders in the use of ICT for competitive advantage, productivity and growth. Use of ICT by small and medium enterprises should increase towards that of our US counterparts. By partnering with other associations, as well as with Government, we work to ensure public policy supports these goals.
ITAC strives to ensure Federal, Ontario and other Canadian Governments are leaders in ICT use. ITAC positions itself as a trusted advisor to Government. We gather industry leaders and Government together and work to make it easier for our industry to sell to government.
ITAC believes the Canadian healthcare system should be a world-leading user of ICT to achieve superior patient outcomes and cost-effectiveness, as well as fostering development of a world-leading Canadian health ICT industry. ITAC works to correct chronic under-spend on ICT.
ITAC’s view is Canada’s laws should promote leadership in development and use of advanced technology. We want to ensure efficient and cost-effective measures to protect privacy and instill confidence in the e-economy.
ITAC believes that in order for Canada to continue to compete worldwide, we need to promote policies that will ensure a steady supply of talented men and women for our local ICT industry. We work with industry as well as with Federal, Provincial and local governments to establish initiatives to support this goal.
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Ontario's eHealth Strategy Update Breakfast
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CanadianEMR PodCast
October 26, 2009 - Why all the Fuss about ISO Certification for EMRs?
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Alberta eHealth Update, Edmonton, AB - October 20, 2009
Alberta Health & Wellness - Mark Brisson Presentation
Alberta Health Services - Bill Trafford Presentation
Manitoba eHealth Update, Winnipeg, MB - October 28, 2009
Manitoba eHealth - Roger Girard Presentation
Canada Health Infoway - Shelly Lipon Presentation
Archived Information
ITAC Health Award winners - 2011 Canadian Health informatics Awards - Toronto on November 9th.
PROJECT TEAM - INNOVATION AND CARE DELIVERY AWARD
NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL AND CERNER CORPORATION eCARE PROJECT TEAM - DEAN MARTIN, VICE PRESIDENT CORPORATE SERVICES, CFO, CIO
PROJECT TEAM - PATIENT CARE INNOVATION AWARD
ONTARIO SHORES CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES AND HEALTHTECH CONSULTANTS - PROJECT EASIER - DEBRA CHURCHILL, DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND CLINICAL INFORMATICS
CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP AWARD
GOLDCARE - PAULA HUCKO, VICE PRESIDENT, SALES & MARKETING
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION TEAM OF THE YEAR AWARD
ONTARIO SHORES CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES AND HEALTHTECH CONSULTANTS - PROJECT EASIER - JOHN CHEN
We are pleased to acknowledge the 2011 ITAC Health Award finalists in their excellent contributions to our industry!
- GoldCare and the Single Plan of Care for The Children's Treatment Network of Simcoe York
- Integrated Assessment Record and Orion Health
- TELUS Health Solutions for Chronic Disease Management using Remote Patient Monitoring technology at CSSS de la Pointe-de-I'lle in Montreal
- TELUS Health Solutions for the development and implementation of a bilingual, consumer web portal – Assyst eSpace Rx
- Design and Development of Wait Time Information System for Alternate Level of Care, Cancer Care Ontario & Accenture
- Manitoba eHealth & IBM - Teaming for Success: Manitoba eChart Deployment
For information about COACH Award winners please visit - www.healthinformaticsawards.ca
Kingbridge Forum 2011 Conference Proceedings
The Kingbridge Forum is an annual event sponsored by ITAC Health and the CMA, with support from the CHA, CPA and CNA. The Forum brings together thought leaders from government, health professional associations, health system managers, industry, consumer groups and academia to consider the impact of information and communications technologies on the management and delivery of health care. The theme for the 2011 Forum, held on April 27-28 of this year, was "Harnessing the power of innovation to improve health outcomes and enhance the patient and provider experience." The Forum explored game-changing trends such as the information technology enabled patient, the mobile health care provider, and new delivery models inspired by social networks and cloud computing to understand how they will transform the way in which patients and health care providers can work together better. Click here to download the 2011 Kingbridge Conference Proceedings (PDF)
eHealth Ontario New Vendor Relations Website
eHealth Ontario has been designed to provide information on doing business with eHealth Ontario, as well as other useful information that will help vendors gain an understanding of our plans and strategy. You may access the site at: http://www.ehealthontario.on.ca/about/vendorrelations.asp
Health Canada Licensing
Follow developments on the ITAC Health Blog at itachealth.blogspot.com or contact Brendan Seaton (bseaton@itac.ca) or Elaine Huesing (ehuesing@itac.ca) for more information.
ITAC Health and MEDEC form collaboration to advance healthcare through health technology
On April 5 ITAC Health and MEDEC formed a collaboration to advance healthcare through the use of health technology. The initial focus of
the collaboration will be on ensuring that Canadian ICT and medical
technology companies are aware of Health Canada's announcement
regarding regulations for patient management software, helping them to
understand the medical device licensing process and representing the
concerns of industry to Health Canada. For more information please download the news release.
ITAC Health FAQ on Patient Management Software Licensing
In August 2009, Health Canada issued a notice advising companies that
manufacture, import, advertise, sell or distribute patient management
software that these products are considered medical devices and are
subject to licensing under the Medical Devices Regulations. Companies
that fail to comply with the regulations will be prohibited from
importing, advertising, selling and distributing their patient
management software products in Canada. ITAC Health has produced an FAQ addressing more than 60 questions
frequently asked by ITAC Health members and other health system
stakeholders. It is recommended that all ITAC member companies
download and read this document as soon as possible.
Message from Canada Health Infoway – Auditor's Report on EHRS
Released – Available in both French and English
…Read the Auditor's report online
National Study Reveals Metrics on HI and HIM Labour and Skills Shortages
November 2, 2009 News Release
En francias Telechargez - Novembre 2, 2009
Health Informatics and Health Information Management Human Resources Report
Five national organizations that play key roles in supporting the implementation of EHIS technologies in Canada have partnered in this important research to develop an evidence-based foundation from which a human resource strategy can be built. These partners include: Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA), COACH : Canada's Health Informatics Association, Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC), ITAC Health: the Health Division of the Information Technology Association of Canada, and Canada Health Infoway.
For a complete copy of the report:
English | Francias
2008 Canadian Health Informatics Awards Gala
Every year ITAC Health co–hosts the Annual Canadian Health Informatics Awards Gala in Toronto with COACH, Canada’s health Informatics Association. ITAC Health members are encouraged to nominate their customers for the COACH Awards and to position themselves to be nominated in one or more of the following ITAC Health Award categories; Company of the Year, Project Team of the Year (combined Award for both the Client and the company), Healthcare Transformation and the Corporate Citizenship Awards. Plans are under way for the next Gala to be held in 2009, for more information about past Gala events, please visit the CHIA Gala website at www.healthinformaticsawards.ca
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