There are a number of points surrounding the Digital Well being File (DSN File santé numérique) which might be in regards to the Minister of Cybersecurity and Digital Affairs, Gilles Bélanger. He’ll meet with Santé Québec subsequent week to debate whether or not or not it could be preferable to postpone its deployment, which is scheduled for Could 9.
“We may have conferences subsequent week, and possibly we’ll determine to postpone, possibly not,” stated Bélanger on Friday, specifying that he has conferences each week with Santé Québec.
“My colleague [Health Minister] Sonia Bélanger and I are right here to offer data on the problems, dangers, and doable options. And if we don’t have solutions to all our questions, our advice can be to not proceed on Could 9,” defined Bélanger in a press scrum on the sidelines of the Première ligne en santé (PLS) congress.
Erika Bially, Vice-President of Info Expertise at Santé Québec, who was additionally current on the PLS congress, was agency on the Could 9 date. She maintains that every thing is in place to launch the DSN safely.
Minister Bélanger is especially involved in regards to the safety of Quebecers’ well being knowledge, since an American firm, Epic Methods, is in command of implementing the DSN.
“We are going to ask every ministry or group, once they undertake a digital transformation, to show to us that delicate knowledge is protected,” he argued.
Bially famous that knowledge from the Quebec well being community, together with affected person knowledge, can be hosted in Canada.
The DSN is a serious challenge that may rework the healthcare system by shifting away from paper and consolidating laptop methods. All affected person medical knowledge can be accessible in a single place, drastically facilitating the work of physicians and different healthcare professionals.
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–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews