Public Health Information System Expands
Posted on: Tuesday, 15 February 2005, 03:00 CST
LAST SUMMER HEALTH Canada awarded Pangaea Systems Inc. (www.pangaeainc.com) a contract, estimated between $4-6 million, to modify the department's integrated public health information system (i-PHIS). Pangaea Systems, a privately held company based in Calgary, designed and developed i-PHIS. It was originally used by the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BC-CDC). Modifications to the system will leverage new Web technologies and address growth requirements.
i-PHIS is a Web-based client health record system that includes collecting and collating data such as lab results and outbreak reports, tracking and reporting. It allows communicable disease surveillance and immunization information to be shared among multiple providers of public health through secure access to one client record.
The Canadian Integrated Public Health Surveillance (CIPHS) chose i-PHIS as the standard for its case management system. Health Canada has made i-PHIS available to all Canadian public health jurisdictions without licensing fees. It is currently deployed in British Colombia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario. Other pilot projects are underway, and the Yukon and Nunavut have expressed interest. CIPHS is a strategic alliance of public health and IT professionals working to build an integrated suite of computer and database tools intended specifically for Canadian public health professionals. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada (www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/csc ccs/ciphs_e.html), "these tools will support the systematic collection and collation of health surveillance data as a byproduct of the normal work of public health professionals. The data will be used to support evidence-based public health decisions."
Copyright Summit Group Jan/Feb 2005
Source: Summit; The Business of Public Sector Procurement
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