Our Story
The Health Data Coalition (HDC) is a not-for-profit organization funded by the Family Practice Services Committee. HDC is a physician-led data sharing network that encourages self-reflection and practice improvement in patient care.
HDC Discover provides access to a secure, core set of anonymized aggregate data, while maintaining both patient and physician confidentiality.
HDC Discover connects data from the various electronic medical record systems (EMR) used by primary care physicians across British Columbia by automatically and securely transferring core sets of standard aggregated data from your EMR system to its web-based application.
HDC was established in April 2016 through a merger of AMCARE and the Physician’s Data Collaborative to support a network of physicians for the collaborative use of clinical data.
Mission and Vision
Our mission is to provide trusted and meaningful access to health information to support new knowledge, improvement of patient outcomes, and the sustainability of health care.
We envision a system where health data is shared and transformed into knowledge and wisdom for better care. Our work is patient-centred; the ultimate value of our efforts will be seen in improved outcomes for patients.
This approach supports the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Triple Aim framework: improving the patient experience of care (including quality and satisfaction), improving the health of populations, and reducing the per capita cost of health care. HDC also supports the aim of optimizing the provider experience by supporting learning and practice improvement within a community of trusted colleagues.
Milestones
Summer 2021
MOIS Cloud live on HDC Discover
May 2021
WELL Health hosted live on HDC Discover
Spring 2021
OPEN OSP hosted live on HDC Discover
April 2020
Intrahealth Profile live on HDC Discover HDC finalizes agreement with WELL Health
January 2020
Telus Med Access live on HDC Discover
December 2019
Telus Med Access and Intrahealth Profile Beta
July 2019
Telus Wolf live on HDC Discover
September 2018
HDC holds first AGM; election of Board of Directors
April 2018
HDC finalizes adaptor development agreement with TELUS
November 2017
HDC finalizes adaptor development agreement with Intrahealth
November 2017
GPSC project and operational funding confirmed for 2018-2019
July 2017
First Meeting of Members
October 2016
Product Launch with MOIS and OSCAR EMRs
July 2016
BETA launch with MOIS and OSCAR EMRs
June 2016
Interim Board Appointed
February 2016
HDC incorporated as a federal NFP Society.
November 2015
Unified Architecture Vision / Plan complete
July 2015
PDC and AMCARE officially partner and create the Health Data Coalition
June 25, 2015
Strategic visioning session between PDC and AMCARE