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In pursuit of a world-class health data system

The Pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy report, authored by an Expert Advisory group, points out the need for a culture shift in health data use. Public input has to be part of the transformation to person-centred health care and health data systems.

Canada's Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, pictured. Of course, updating health data systems has costs. But given the tens of billions of health-care dollars the federal government is providing to the provinces through fiscal transfers, it is long past time the federal government leveraged this clout—using both carrots and sticks—so that people in Canada can finally have informed, accessible health data when and where they need it most, write Michael Wolfson and Vivek Goel. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MICHAEL WOLFSON AND VIVEK GOEL
February 17, 2022

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