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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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National Institutes of Health Informatics (NIHI)
Address
Waterloo, ON
Phone 1-800-860-7901
Fax 519.746.5422
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Website
www.nihi.ca
Ownership
Institute/Government/Research Facility/Crown Corporation
ITAC Health Representative
Dominic Covvey
Founding Director
Email
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Phone
519-888-4567 Ext. 35996
Company Description
NIHI is a virtual, self sustaining institute of institutes operating under the concept of an academic Community of Practice. It is established as a federal not-for-profit corporation in Canada. NIHI serves as a co-ordinator and facilitator that assists in defining, fostering the development of, and bonding together local Health Informatics (HI) initiatives in academia and industry dedicated to HI research. NIHI itself is not intended as a locus of research, but rather it will catalyze, foster, facilitate and participate in research carried out by its component entities.
NIHI will have a dominant focus on the problems and issues that are perceived as important by the health system and private industry as it seeks to deliver the basis for products and services that are needed by the health system. It will also pursue the offering of professional education programs and other outreach initiatives that complement but do not compete with existing programs.
NIHI undertakes a number of efforts related to Health Informatics that are of national and international value. The Institute seeks to build relationships with both the health system and with private industry. The NIHI Outreach Program includes (but is not limited to) the following:
1. The Applied Health Informatics Bootcamp.
2. The eHealth Risk Workshops (eHealth Risk Workshop and eHealth Privacy and Security Workshop) and other workshops.
3. The Advances in Health Informatics Conference, a bi-annual, international conference for Health Informatics academics, visionaries and experts.
4. Think-tank sessions (with resultant reports) on topics of current interest.
5. Consulting with educational institutions, health organizations, industry and government.
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