Information for Solution Providers
Be on the leading edge: help develop Canada's EHR
Are you an IT solution provider who specializes in developing health care information systems? Work with Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) to get involved in one of the IT industry's fastest growing verticals. In collaboration with its public and private sector partners, Infoway provides funding and strategic oversight to electronic health projects across the country.
In Canada, IT solution providers are collaborating with provincial and territorial jurisdictions to develop a network of secure, scalable electronic health record (EHR) systems. These systems will enable patients and authorized Canadian health care providers to access secure, essential health records when and where they're needed.
Now is your chance to get involved in developing Canada's growing network of EHR systems.
Infoway: Funding and envisioning Canada's EHR
At the heart of Canada's EHR initiative, Infoway plays two key roles in the development of Canada's EHR:
- Infoway collaborates with Canada's provinces and territories to select and fund EHR projects across the country.
- Infoway has developed the EHRS Blueprint for Canada. This Blueprint serves as the model, standard and vision for connecting health information systems in Canada.
As an IT solution provider, you work directly for provinces and territories developing regional EHR projects.
To learn more about EHR projects currently underway across Canada.
Infoway Certification Services
Infoway offers pre-implementation certification for the following technology classes:
- Client registry
- Consumer health application
- Consumer health platform
- Diagnostic Imaging (DI)
- Drug Information System (DIS)
- Immunization registry
- Provider registry
Read the full news release and backgrounder
The Infoway certification mark on health information solutions signifies their conformance with pan-Canadian privacy, security and interoperability standards.
Vendors whose solutions achieve certification will be authorized to apply the “Infoway Certified” certification mark to their product and related marketing materials to enhance their sales and promotional efforts.
The Blueprint: Ensuring security and interoperability
Infoway's EHRS Blueprint is a validated business and technical architecture that guides the development of EHR solutions in Canada. In fact, Infoway has been internationally recognized for its work on this unique framework.
The Blueprint provides the framework for how Canada's EHR networks and systems will share, access, manage and safeguard health care information. It provides a flexible, scalable and secure platform for connecting thousands of facilities and services across jurisdictions and the continuum of care.
Interested in contributing to Canada's EHR? Take the time to familiarize yourself with Infoway's EHRS Blueprint. Log in to KnowledgeWay to access the document.
EHR events for IT solution providers
Read the event summary and view presentations from Infoway's Private Sector Information Sessions, held in Toronto in November, 2008 and in Victoria in February 2009 and Montreal in May 2009.
Infoway was pleased to present at ITAC Health’s Strategy Breakfast Event that was held on June 24, 2009 in Toronto. Trevor Hodge, Infoway’s Senior Vice President of Investment Strategies and Alliances provided an overview of the strategies driving these investments, including the opportunities for solution providers to become immediately involved. View the presentation from this event to learn more.
Standards: setting standards, defining best practices
IT standards are indispensable to any network, especially when you are networking systems that carry people's essential, confidential health care information. The Standards Collaborative brings together health care and IT specialists to set and maintain standards to support electronic health information systems in Canada. Visit the Standards Collaborative section to learn more and take a moment to view:
Hear about the experiences of implementing pan-Canadian health information standards from other health solution providers in our latest video. Some of the insights discussed:
- Dennis Giokas, CTO, Canada Health Infoway, discusses the necessity of standards. By using the pan-Canadian standards, “not only can I exchange information between any two systems, but I can understand and process the information that I’ve exchanged between those two systems.”
- George Edwards, VP ProPharm Ltd., “pan-Canadian standards are the Holy Grail for us as a developer. They will allow us to leverage what we've done in PEI, dramatically reducing our development costs.”
- Peter Lawlor, Project Manager, Deltaware Solutions, “The standards really allow [vendors] to take that one product and use it right across the country.”
- George Edwards, VP ProPharm Ltd., “Standards give us a common way of communicating between systems, which allows us to focus on the functionality.”
- Frantz Leuenberger, VP Pharmacy Solutions, Telus, “So one of the challenges for us, of course, is to familiarize ourselves with the standard and then send our employees to be trained on a regular basis to truly master the use of the standards.” Find out how your company can access the premier education opportunities at Education Summits.
To get the most recent news and updates from Canada Health Infoway on Standards and Architecture for solution providers, read event summaries and view presentations from the Private Sector events held in Toronto,Victoria and Montreal.
Get informed: essential resources for IT solution providers
All regional and pan-Canadian EHR initiatives fall under specific investment programs.
Find out more about
Infoway's investment programs.
Find out how communities across Canada are already benefiting from EHRs.
Watch and read EHR success stories.
Access more information about the creation of Canada's EHR network.
Visit Infoway's Resource Centre.
Read Infoway's 2010-2009 Business Plan.
Download Unlocking the clinical value of health information systems.
Learn about the strategy to guide the future of investment in health care information systems.
Download Vision 2015: Advancing Canada's Next Generation of Health Care.
More information
For more information about how you can contribute to Canada's growing network of EHR systems, contact Infoway's National Industry Executive, Laurie Rogers at (416) 595-3414.
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