An ePassport is also known as a “biometric passport”. It looks like a traditional passport book, but it contains an electronic chip that is encoded with surname, given name, date of birth, place of birth and gender information. It also includes a digital picture of the bearer’s face. Signatures are not reproduced on the chip.
Weiterlesen: Canada to introduce 10-year biometric ePassport
The Ottawa Hospital will "develop and change" its electronic medical record system to bridge the information gap between clinics with an in-fusion of cash from Canada Health Infoway, according to the hospital's chief information officer.
The hospital funded its own sys-tem with a focus on in-patients, Dr. Glen Geiger said in a Thursday interview, but will now expand it to include outpatients thanks to the hospital's share of $100 million that will be divided among 19 outpatient electronic medical record projects across the country.
Weiterlesen: CA: Ontario: Ottawa Hospital expands e-health services
The mobile and electronic health development and innovation centre (MEDIC) will be open to students, faculty and industry partners as a place to develop and showcase the college’s works in the electronic health technology field.
Weiterlesen: CA: Ontario will fund new e-health centre at Mohawk
The Treasury Board wants a consultant to do a shared services review, which the government expects will result in options for saving money and improving services, programs and accountability.
Besides information technology and human resources, the review will also examine financial services, and building infrastructure and asset management. A request for proposals issued Tuesday said busing for school boards is included.
Weiterlesen: CA: Nova Scotia: Shared services review seeks ways to save money
If there was any doubt that Shared Services Canada is at the forefront of the Conservative government’s efforts to rationalize federal spending, it was dispelled earlier this month — when it accepted nearly 60 procurement employees from Public Works.
SSC’s newest workers are experts in contracting for computers, networking gear and email – and they’ve arrived just in time for an historic transformation of the government’s electronic backbone.