News Summary

CREATE (Centre for Data Science and Digital Health), part of Hamilton Health Sciences, is spearheading an ambitious project to develop a universal translator for Canada’s healthcare system. This initiative aims to seamlessly connect various electronic medical record systems used by hospitals, family doctors, and long-term care facilities across Canada. The project, known as the Shared Pan-Canadian Interoperability Roadmap, is led by Canada Health Infoway and aims to enable healthcare providers to access patient medical records instantly, thus improving the efficiency and safety of patient care. CREATE is contributing its expertise in interoperability and FHIR technology to develop the specifications for the framework allowing web applications to integrate with different electronic medical records. The collaboration involves Ontario Health and British Columbia’s Provincial Health Services Authority in building a health application lightweight protocol framework to facilitate this integration.