The initiative will begin to herd some 640,000 email boxes, spread across hundreds of servers, in a bid to rationalize a balkanized system that's inefficient, costly and vulnerable to cyber attacks.
Shared Services Canada, a giant agency created last year to bring order to the federal government's sprawling IT empire, has sent out an industry notice asking for the qualifications of interested firms.
Read more: CA: Federal agency launches massive project to consolidate sprawling email systems
An electronic system to help doctors provide better care for patients with this chronic and deadly illness was routinely put forward as a success story amid the setbacks in the broader goal of delivering e-health records to all Ontarians.
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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.
Read more: CA: Ontario: Ottawa Hospital expands e-health services
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.
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.
Read more: CA: Nova Scotia: Shared services review seeks ways to save money