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Canada boosts health IT budget by $400M
EHR Connection, March 26, 2007
The Canadian federal government last week announced an additional $400 million in funding for the Canadian health information network, the Vancouver Sun reports.
Canada Health Infoway is working to improve the storing and sharing of EHRs among clinics, hospitals, pharmacies, and other health facilities. Canada Health Infoway already receives $1.2 billion annually.
The largest portion of the additional government funding is for a three-year, $612 million program for provincial and territorial governments to pledge by the end of March to adopt guaranteed patient wait times, which means facilities will care for patients with critical health needs in a specific amount of time.
The budget supplement also includes an additional $22 million for the Canadian Institute for Health Information to improve and expand wait time data. With the additional funding, the institute now will receive $57 million annually.
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