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ITAC Health Meets with eHealth Ontario
Posted July 9, 2009
On June 30, 2009, Bernard Courtois, President and CEO of ITAC and Brendan Seaton, President of ITAC Health met with senior officials from eHealth Ontario (eHO) including: Rita Burak, Chair; Ron Sapsford, A/CEO; David Hallett, A/Chief Operating Officer; Deanna Allen, SVP, Stakeholder Relations and Communications; and Abid Malik, Director, Vendor Relations. eHealth Ontario wants to continue to engage the vendor community to help promote and deliver Ontario’s ehealth vision as articulated in Ontario’s eHealth Strategy as published by eHealth Ontario. Issues discussed included an update on eHealth Ontario’s management and priorities, procurement plans and communications with the vendor community.
Both Rita Burak and Ron Sapsford reinforced the government’s commitment to eHealth Ontario and to moving forward with the ambitious agenda to achieve the clinical and foundational priorities outlined in the eHealth Strategy. As evidence of this commitment, Infrastructure Ontario issued, on the same day, a notice to the vendor community that it intends to release in July a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to pre-qualify applicants to deliver the Diabetes Registry chronic disease management application and portal services. In addition, initiatives currently in progress, such as the expanded Electronic Medical Record deployment for physicians, will continue in accordance with established timeframes.
It was agreed that eHealth Ontario and ITAC would continue the successful breakfast consultation sessions recommencing in the fall. We will also explore new ways to facilitate dialogue between industry and eHealth Ontario. ITAC Health will continue to work closely with eHealth Ontario over the summer to ensure that the needs of the vendor community are supported as the ehealth agenda moves forward.
For more information please contact Brendan Seaton by telephone at (647)880-6381 or by email at bseaton@itac.ca.
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