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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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Interoperability and Standards Committee
Mandate: To promote the adoption of internationally accepted standards for technology, nomenclature, data, and interoperability in healthcare.
Objectives:
- To present a unified industry voice and consultation vehicle for government, associations and policy makers and standard setting bodies.
- To assist the vendor community to become more knowledgeable about standards and interoperability issues and solutions and to share this knowledge and expertise.
- Develop skills and knowledge exchange amongst the members and the wider informatics community.
- To formulate positions on issues that may arise with respect to standards and, undertake work to establish how best to address and resolve these issues.
To promote and facilitate the establishment of national functionality standards, conformance testing and certification processes, including privacy and security issues, so as to facilitate a “level playing field” for all vendors predicated on quality assurance for the marketplace.
- To ensure the development of secure electronic sharing of patient information (with appropriate patient and physician consent) between vendor systems through the use of Canadian and international interoperability standards.
- To help members adopt internationally accepted standards to allow Canadian companies to sell abroad.
Chairs
Co-Chairs Mike Clarke (GE Healthcare) and Michael Nusbaum (Michael Nusbaum & Associates)
Contacts
Brendan Seaton, President, ITAC Health, bseaton@itac.ca or (905) 602-8345 ext. 242
Elaine Huesing, Executive Director, ITAC Health, ehuesing@itac.ca or (780) 489-4574
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