CIHI’s health data transformation initiatives have the potential to offer significant financial impact and improved patient health outcomes in the Canadian health systems and the broader economy. In this paper, the authors addresse data interoperability, the effect of AI and related technologies and secondary data use in the public and private sectors.

The Canadian Institute for Health Information’s Integrated interRAI Reporting System supports data collection and reporting in home care and long-term care, thus enabling usage of standardized assessments, near real-time data submission and timelier reporting to support senior care in Canada.