Canada Health Infoway was a key outcome of the federal/provincial/territorial partnership. What was its mandate?
a. Create an electronic health record (EHR)
b. Unify international terminology for recording nursing practice
c. Advocate for effective health policy
d. Implement provincial standards
A
Infoway has a mandate to drive forward a national agenda to create an electronic health record (EHR).
Unifying international terminology for recording nursing practice is associated with the Interna-tional Classification for Nursing Practice?, and is not the mandate for Canada Health Infoway.
Advocating for effective health policy is associated with the International Council of Nurses (ICN), and is not the mandate for Canada Health Infoway.
Canada Health Infoway has a mandate to generate consensus on health information standards. They do not have a role in mandating implementation of provincial standards.
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