Pan-Canadian Health Human Resource Strategy: 2004/2005 Annual Report
Pan-Canadian Health
Human Resource
Planning Contributions
Initiated in 2004/2005
Health Human Resources Databases
Development Project (HHR-DDP)
Amount/ Duration
$7,940,000, 2004/05 to 2009/10
Recipient
The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Objectives
Develop national, supply-based database and reporting systems for
five regulated health professions: Pharmacists, Occupational Therapists,
Physiotherapists, Medical Laboratory Technologists, and Medical
Radiation Technologists.
Enhance health information systems.
Activities
Assess information needs with stakeholders from each of the five groups
to identify the level and type of information to be collected in the database.
Develop necessary documentation to support this process, to be followed
by the development of a system to capture the information (database
development).
Collect, process, analyze and publish data from professions during the
production cycle.
Anticipated Results
The improvement of information (quantity, scope and quality) to support
HHR management for the five professions at the F/P/T levels.
The development of national, supply-based database and reporting systems
for the five professions, which will enhance the capacity for evidence
based HHR research and planning activities.
The production and dissemination of five new annual reports, summarizing
the data collected (in line with CIHI communications policies).
Contact Information
Canadian Institute for Health Information
495 Richmond Road, Suite 600
Ottawa, ON
K2A 4H6
Health Cross - Jurisdictional Labour
Relations Database (HCJDB)
Amount/ Duration
$150,000, 2004/05 to 2005/06
Recipient
The Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Finance
Background On January 25, 2002, P/T premiers agreed to support the development of
a health cross-jurisdictional database. The HCJDB is a collaborative project
between P/T governments and led by the British Columbia Public Sector
Employer’s Council Secretariat.
Objective
Permit partnering jurisdictions access to nationwide information regarding
health sector labour agreements, including compensation.
Activities
Develop a reporting on-line tutorial.
Create a CASE automated agreement update module.
Convert PDF documents into Microsoft Word format.
Add “Copy All” and “Copy Custom” functions.
Add Web interface and automation function for adding/changing
information to the administration module.
Update the existing administrative interface to speed up administration.
Select reporting groups for reports generated by the reporting module.
Define parameters for data to be included in the database.
Anticipated Results
Will enable enhancements to the functionality and accuracy of the database
as described above.
Contact Information
PO Box 9400 Stn Prov Govt,
Victoria, BC
V8W 9V1
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