Project: Upper Skeena Primary Care Health Information Project

Health Infostructure Support Program

Background

The Upper Skeena Primary Care Health Information Project is a pilot project of the Wrinch Memorial Doctors Clinic. Wrinch Memorials Doctors Clinic is a non-profit primary care clinic operated by the United Church Health Services in an area of northern rural British Columbia, primarily populated by First Nations people. The vision was to develop an innovative approach to primary care data that would lead to better means of evaluating care, outcome measures, and innovation in the provision of care.

Project Description

The Upper Skeena Primary Care Health Information Project will gather, in a confidential manner, health information from each primary care client, correlate the information, and make it available, in encrypted form, over the internet. The information will be available to other primary care clinics, government agencies, and other approved health agencies for comparison and evaluation purposes. Clinics, governments, and other health care agencies will have up to date primary care health information to evaluate the quality of care for research purposes, and to set goals for the delivery of primary health care in the future.

Project Funding under HISP: $49,271.50

Project Management: Wrinch Memorial Doctors Clinic

For further information contact:

Dr. Philip A. Muir
Wrinch Memorial Doctors Clinic
Bag 999, West Highway 62
Hazelton, British Columbia
V0J 1Y0
Tel: (250) 842-5211 Ext.: 153
Fax: (250) 842-5865
phil@wrinch.hnet.bc.ca