For two years an Expert Advisory Group has worked together to counsel the government on a Pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy.  They had published three reports focusing on barriers and how to overcome them to improve data sharing.  Their proposal is to establish a learning health system in Canada where data support insights that supports better patient care. Dr. McGrail will also describe the resources available to support multi-jurisdictional research, such as the Health Data Research Network Canada.

In this session you will learn the essential components of establishing a successful learning health system: 

  • Common policy framework for data sharing
  • Interoperable data standards
  • Common person-centric data architecture
  • Improved health data literacy
  • Sound and actionable research and analysis
     

Pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy: Expert Advisory Group Report

About OUR Speaker

Dr. Kimberlyn McGrail

Scientific Director, Population Data BC and Health Data Research Network Canada

Kimberlyn McGrail is a Professor in the UBC School of Population and Public Health and Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, and Scientific Director of Population Data BC and Health Data Research Network Canada. Her research interests are quantitative policy evaluation and all aspects of population data science. Kim is the interim Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Population Data Science, the 2009-10 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Associate in Health Care Policy and Practice, 2016 recipient of the Cortlandt JG Mackenzie Prize for Excellence in Teaching, and 2017 recipient of a UBC award for Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research. She was part of the Expert Advisory Group for the pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy and is currently a member of the Global Partnership for AI as part of the Data Governance Working Group.
Kimberlyn McGrail