Evaluation of the Health Information Initiative 2012-2013 to 2014-2015 / prepared by Office of Evaluation, Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada.: H14-513/2014E-PDF

"The purpose of the evaluation was to assess the relevance and performance of the Health Information Initiative (HII) for the period 2012-2013 to July 2014. The evaluation follows a supplement to an independent evaluation commissioned by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) that was approved by the Deputy Minister, Health Canada in July 2013. The supplemental evaluation focussed primarily on relevance to comply with requirements of the Financial Administration Act. … CIHI was created in 1994 in response to the recommendations of the National Task Force on Health Information (Wilks Report) which were presented to the Conference of Deputy Ministers of Health in 1991. The Task Force suggested that better health information systems were necessary to ultimately improve the health of Canadians. CIHI's mandate is to develop and maintain comprehensive and integrated health information that enables sound policy and effective management of Canada's health system, so that healthcare delivery is improved ..."--Executive summary, page ii.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Health Canada. Office of Evaluation, issuing body.
Public Health Agency of Canada. Office of Evaluation, issuing body.
Title Evaluation of the Health Information Initiative 2012-2013 to 2014-2015 / prepared by Office of Evaluation, Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Évaluation de l'Initiative d'information sur la santé 2012-2013 à 2014-2015.
"Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada Evaluation Report."
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada = Santé Canada et l'Agence de la santé publique du Canada, December 2014.
Description 1 online resource (v, 37 pages) : illustration
Catalogue number
  • H14-513/2014E-PDF
Subject terms Canadian Institute for Health Information -- Evaluation.
Information storage and retrieval systems -- Health.
Information storage and retrieval systems -- Medical care.
Health status indicators -- Canada -- Databases.
Medical records -- Canada -- Databases.
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