FN&I eHealth Infostructure Program (eHIP) — Evaluation vi Health Canada — February 2012 1. BACKGROUND The objective of the FN&I eHealth Infostructure Program (eHIP)1 evaluation was to assess the relevance and performance of the program for the period of 2006/07- 2010/11. [...] It focuses on the development and adoption of modern IT systems for the purpose of defining, collecting, communicating, managing, disseminating and using data to enable better access, quality and productivity in the health and health care of First Nations and Inuit communities. [...] The program evolved out of the need to align with First Nations' ehealth strategies, health plans and policy directions, as well as the movement by provinces and territories and the health industry towards increased use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to support health service delivery and public health surveillance. [...] The e-HSU was created in 2002 and evolved out of the need for FNIHB to align with First Nations’ eHealth strategies, health plans and policy directions, as well as the movement by provinces/territories and the health industry towards increased use of IT to support health service delivery and public health surveillance. [...] Evaluation Objective and Context The objective of the FNIHB eHIP evaluation was to systematically collect and analyze evidence of the eHIP’s results to assess the relevance and performance of the program for the period of 2006/07- 2010/11.
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