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Description:

A key element of the federal health agenda is to facilitate evidence-based decision making at all levels of the health system (i.e. governments, institutions, professionals and consumers). The establishment of an integrated health information and knowledge structure in Canada in general, and within Health Canada in particular, is one of the essential tools that will enable wider and better use of health-related information. The Information, Analysis and Connectivity Branch (IACB) brings together, in one organization, three key levers of the information spectrum - from the creation of the knowledge and information through analytical research to the dissemination of that information through the information highway.

At the same time, IACB is building strong information management and technology networks in Health Canada and externally with clients and stakeholders such as the Canadian Health Network and the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

Through IACB, the department works to: improve the analytical basis of decision making; develop the creative use of the information highway in the health sector and; in cooperation with the provinces and territories, the private sector and international partners, provide advice, expertise and assistance with respect to information management and information technology, planning and operations.