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Innovations in Health: Rethinking Canadian Policy in a Digitized World
Queen’s Public Policy Forum
Shelagh Maloney, Vice President, Communications April 24, 2015
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Innovations in Health
“….electronic health records are one of the most transformational innovations in health care in a generation.”
Canada’s provincial and territorial health ministers, Banff, September 2014
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Judith
Cheryl Brian
Alexa
Healthier Canadians through innovative digital health solutions
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Independent studies: Benefits of $10.5B since 2007 Result of investments in telehealth, drug information systems, diagnostic imaging solutions, and community-based EMRs
Estimated Cumulative Benefits since 2007 (in millions of dollars – inflation adjusted to 2013 dollars)
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Transformational change is not easy and it’s not just about the IT…
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In fact, it’s mostly NOT about IT
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Key enablers to transformation
Governance and leadership
Policy and legislation
Resource capacity, capability and culture
Practice and process change
Privacy and security
Interoperable ICT solutions
Business case and benefits realization
Financing
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Infoway strategies
§ Governance and leadership § governance models reflect the collaborative nature of the
work § Agreement on common architecture, investment strategies,
and conditions
§ Facilitating practice and process change § Change management activities embedded in projects § Pan-Canadian Change Management Network
§ Benefits evaluation and realization § Benefits Evaluation (BE) Framework and Strategy § Mandatory BE for every project
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Infoway strategies
§ Engagement and capacity building § Engaging Canadians § Engaging clinicians
§ Share best practices and collaborate § CIO, Implementers Groups, Privacy Forums (common
understandings paper) § Joint procurements
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“The need for innovation …, both in terms of medical technologies and healthcare delivery systems, is one of the most pressing public policy challenges of our times.”
Hon. Rona Ambrose, Health Minister – January 2014
