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Summit Vision
To enhance access to health information for research to support health system decisions that will improve the health of Canadians.
Summit Goal
To increase mutual understanding of the importance and benefits of health research resulting from improved access to and linkage of health information whilst respecting the privacy concerns of Canadians. The Summit will bring together national leaders from political, provider and patient groups as well as key researchers in health information from Canada and abroad to set the stage for developing a roadmap for change.
Summit Agenda and Plenary descriptions now available
Summit Objectives
Confirmed Speakers
Penny Ballem, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine; Steven Lewis, Access Consulting Ltd.; William Lowrance, International Health Policy Consultant; Andrew Nelson, HMO Research Network; Robert Ouellet, President, Canadian Medical Association; Rob Reid, Group Health Cooperative, Department of Preventive Care; Terry Sullivan, CEO, Cancer Care Ontario; Robyn Tamblyn, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University; Glenda Yeates, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI); and many more!
Summit moderator: Emmy award winner Anne Medina
Speaker biographies now available
Additional Information
More information about the Summit, including registration information will be sent to you shortly! If you have any questions about the registration, please contact Sally Cleford, Summit Secretariat by e-mail or at 866-306-5714.
If you have further questions about the Summit, please contact Tony Chin, CIHR-IHSPR Senior Projects Officer by e-mail or at 416-978 5174.
*With thanks to Charlyn Black et.al. for lending CIHR the name of the Summit from the report, "Data, Data Everywhere...: Improving access to population health and health services research data in Canada", Centre for Health Services and Policy Research and the Canadian Policy Research Networks, April 2005
