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Health Informatics and Health Information Management

05/05/10

The purpose of this Report is to estimate the current supply of, and five-year requirements for, Health Informatics (HI) and Health Information Management (HIM) professionals who have formal training or experience in working with electronic health information systems (EHIS). Based on these estimates, the Report identifies where there are serious risks of skills shortages and proposes initiatives to avert these shortages.

Central Conclusions:

There is a serious risk that labour shortages and skills shortages will constrain the successful implementation of EHIS technologies in Canada. System-based, human resources planning measures should be a priority to ensure that the substantial investments that governments at all levels are making in EHIS technologies deliver the promised benefits.

Full Report: PDF