Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Going by the activity description, I think this is where I could be asking questions about the patient information electronic system. I was talking to some of the medical health professionals in the city, and I was advised that there have been some efforts to create an electronic system where there could be a much more smooth exchange of information about patients within the guidelines of privacy laws and such. I think common sense would tell us that we only need to go to a local medical centre or doctor's office, and it seems that a lot of staff there are just managing files on each person. I think every one of us eventually goes and sees a doctor for whatever ailments or whatever we have. So far, every doctor's office, in Yellowknife anyway and I'm sure it's the same in communities, has a manual file system for patients. If an individual goes to two or three different doctors, which is quite possible given that it's not always easy to go and see a doctor. You go and see a doctor when you can, where you can. I think there's huge room for more efficiency and more accurate information. This would improve delivery of the program and medical services in a number of ways, not the least of which is to have and enable the doctor or nurse or nurse practitioner or whoever is delivering the health care of seeing the patient could have all the information about the patient right in front of her or him, about the medication or any of their conditions that that patient may have. I'm of the understanding that there were some health care professionals who have gone to the Minister and had a strategy to develop this system. But because the department took so long, now we're seeing a situation where there's one being developed in Yellowknife and there's another one being developed in Hay River. That's causing not only the duplication of the possible system like that, but definitely not meeting the objective that was originally intended. So I would like to give an opportunity for the Minister to advise us about what he knows about that, what he has done or not done and what he is planning on doing. Thank you.
Sandy Lee on Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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