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Canada Health Infoway Inc.

  Canada Health Infoway is an independent not-for- profit corporation created by Canada’s

First Ministers in 2001 funded by the Government of Canada and began its first year

operation in April 2001.

 

 Infoway is engaged with diverse communities, Health care Community, Canadians,Government, Academia and Technology Industry, to help foster development and

adoption of information technology to transform health care in Canada.

  Its mission is “to foster and accelerate the development and  adoption of electronic health

information systems with compatible standards and communication technologies on a

 pan-Canadian basis with tangible benefits to Canadians. The corporation will build on

existing initiatives and pursue collaborative relationshi ps in pursuit of its mission.” 

Specific Objectives of Canada Health Infoway Inc.

1. 

Accelerate the development and adoption of modern systems of health information andcommunication technologies (ICTs)

2.  Define and promote standards governing shared data to ensure the compatibility of health

information networks

3.  Support the adoption of such standards for health information and compatible

communications technologies for the health sector in Canada

4.  Enter into collaborative arrangements as required with the governments of Canada, the

 provinces and territories, corporations, not-for-profit organizations, and other public and

 private partners for the development and adoption of standards and technologies

5.  Incorporate standards that protect personal privacy, confidentiality and individual

records, and the security of health information

6.  Carry out the work of Infoway in both official languages

Initiatives Directed at the Development of Nursing Components of Health Information for

Use in Canada

  In Canada, nurses are in the fortunate position of recognizing the need for nursing data

elements at the time when the status of national health information is under review.

  To prevent losing control of nursing data, Canadian nurses must take a proactive stance

and mobilize resources to ensure the development and implementation of a national

health data base that is congruent with the needs of nurses in all settings in Canada.

  Prompted by the work of our U.S. colleagues on the NMDS, and in response to

contextual factors influencing nursing in Canada , nurses in Canada have recognized the

importance of the collection and storage of essential data elements.

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  A working conference, Nursing Minimum Data Set Conference, held in Edmonton,

Canada last October 27-29, 1992 has the overall objective which is to develop a NMDS

in Canada to ensure both the availability and accessibility of standardized nursing data.

  The Canadian NMDS conference had identified five elements. First, client status is

 broadly defined as a label for the set of indicators that reflect the phenomena for which

nurses provide care, relative to the health status of the client. Second, nursing

intervention refer to purposeful and deliberate health affecting interventions (direct and

Indirect), based on assessment of client status, which are designed to bring about results

which benefit clients. Third, client outcome is defined as a “clients’ status at a defined

 point(s) following health care intervention.” Fourth, nursing intensity “refers to the

amount and type of nursing resource used to provide care.”  Fifth, primary nurse identifier

is a single unique lifetime identification for each individual nurse.

Other Source:

Canada Health Infoway. (2013). Canada health infoway. Retrieved from: https://www.infoway-

inforoute.ca/index.php