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The Health Data Coalition completed the development of a three year Strategic Plan in August 2018.  It was reviewed by the HDC Membership at the Annual General Meeting in September 2018.  You can read it here.

The Health Data Coalition Board of Directors has up to six upcoming vacancies for physician Directors.   We invite your help inspiring skilled colleagues to apply so members have a strong pool of candidates to vote on in the 2018 …
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The Health Data Coalition (HDC) has signed an adaptor development agreement with Intrahealth, a software company that supplies world-class solutions to the Canadian healthcare market. This new adaptor will empower the 700 physicians, across all 35 Divisions of Family Practice, …
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An article by Rosemary Gray, HDC Enrolment and Engagement Manager Canadian Healthcare Technology Magazine| Vol. 23. No. 1 | February 2018 (Pages 16 and 23) Rather than a new eco-adventure, BCHIMPS is the British Columbia Health Information Management Professionals’ Society. …
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Source: GP Update – Quarterly GPSC Newsletter (Winter Edition) BC family doctors are working to improve services for their patients with the patient medical home (PMH) model of care. As part of their PMH journeys, more than 400 doctors have improved the …
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The Health Data Coalition (HDC) is inviting Division of Family Practice to name your physician representative to the membership of the HDC, a federally incorporated not-for-profit society. Thanks to sponsorship by the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC), divisional membership and …
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Source: British Columbia Medical Journal – BCMJ – Digital Health Part 1, Vol. 59, No. 9, November 2017, page(s) 455-458 Articles Bruce Hobson, MD (HDC Medical Director) Unlike paper-based patient records, electronic records make searching, summarizing, graphing, and sharing data easy …
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The Health Data Coalition (HDC), a physician-led data sharing platform that enables collaborative quality improvement in primary care, has received new funding from the General Services Practices Committee (GPSC). Used by physicians across BC, HDC provides secure access to aggregated …
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The Health Data Coalition receives $1.623 million in funding from the General Practice Services Committee, to expand its technical platform. The Health Data Coalition (HDC) today announced a three-year commitment from the General Practices Services Committee (GPSC) to invest in …
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The HDC is a physician-led data sharing initiative that allows primary health care providers and their clinic staff to unleash the potential of their EMR systems. Our goal is to provide secure access to a core set of aggregated data …
Continue reading “September 2017 HDC Progress Report”