Development and implementation of the provincial electronic health record is part of the Centre’s mandate. An electronic health record (EHR) is a secure and private lifetime record of a person’s health and health care history which is available electronically to patient‐authorized health care providers. An electronic health record is designed to facilitate data sharing across the continuum of care, across health care delivery organizations and across jurisdictions.

Once implemented, the electronic health record will also provide more accurate, reliable and comparable data to support health care and services policy and decision making; program monitoring; resource allocation; and improved accountability and stability in the health system.