Information Technology Solutions

In December 2001, the government released Healthy People. A Healthy Province. The Action Plan for Saskatchewan Health Care. The plan adheres to a clear vision: building a province of healthy people and healthy communities.

Information and information technologies and management have an important role to play in ‘enabling' many of these key actions. HISC is focused on developing innovative information technology solutions in the areas with the greatest potential to improve health service delivery.

Health Sector Priorities (not ordered)

• Improved Prescribing & Patient Safety
• Provincial Registries & Infostructure
• Diagnostic Imaging - RIS/PACS/Archive
• Primary Health Care
• Laboratory Results
• Telehealth & Video Conferencing
• Improved Surgical Information Systems
• Implementation of Integrated Clinical Systems
• Health Surveillance
• Data Quality, Reporting & Decision Support (Enterprise Data Warehouse)

HISC forms the support structure and foundation for these priorities by delivering a full spectrum of Information Technology services.