The Health Data Coalition (HDC) is a grassroots not-for-profit organization founded by BC family physicians for use by and for primary-care team members.
HDC’s Member organizations include thirty-five Divisions of Family Practice and Specialist Organizations from around BC. These Members elect the HDC’s Board of Directors. The Board is accountable to its Members and has a fiduciary duty to the organization.
HDC is accountable to its main funder, the Family Practice Services Committee (FPSC), and provides it with regular updates on the organization’s progress toward key milestones, its risk management and its use of funds.
Meet the HDC Board of Directors
Working together to make HDC a true expression of collective experience and knowledge.
Dr. Omesh Syal, MD, CCFP
Chair of the HDC Board of Directors
Dr. Christie Newton MD, CCFP, FCFP
Vice Chair of the HDC Board of Directors
Dr. Herb Chang, MD, CCFP
Secretary Treasurer, Chair of the Finance & Audit Committee
Dr. Samuel Abraham, PhD
Public Director
Mr. Chris Carvalho, PMP
Public Director
Dr. Daisy Dulay, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Janet Fisher, MD, CCFP
Dr. Karen E. Forgie, MD, CCFP, FCFP, FRRMC
Dr. Angela Jennings, MD, CCFP
Dr. Olutoyese Oyelese, MD, MBBS, CCFP, FCFP
Dr. Kathleen Ross, MD, MSc, MCFP
Data Stewardship
The HDC’s data-sharing agreements with participating clinicians specify that data will be used to support practice improvement by primary-care practitioners as well as to inform quality improvement across the system.
As a physician led organization, the clinician lens is incorporated in all we do. The HDC Board’s Clinical Data Stewardship Committee recommends the measures that are incorporated into the data-sharing application, the context of the information reported, and who is authorized to view the aggregated HDC data.
HDC has a full suite of policies in place to explain the permitted use of data and the limits of such use. Some of these limits are technical while others are ethical. HDC data use is strictly monitored according to Privacy by Design certification standards.