Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, for many years now we have been moving forward with the implementation of a single electronic medical record system here in the Northwest Territories. We are very close to having that done at a territorial level. All of the information, in, out, to, from, it all has to comply with our Health Information Act to make sure that patients' privacy is protected at all times, and we are monitoring on a regular basis to make sure that there are no breaches. When there are, we have mechanisms to make sure that people are notified appropriately and that their information is not public. People do have to have passwords to gain access to clients for whom they happen to be working.

When it comes to mental health information, we want to have a system that clearly works the same so that the information is an integrated system. We know that EMR might be able to do this, but it is going to require some significant customization if it is the tool that is chosen. If it is not the tool that is chosen, regardless of the tool that is chosen, we do have to make sure that it integrates well with EMR so that we are not duplicating input and duplicating information on a regular basis to make it easier for all practitioners so that they can be familiar with one system, understand that system, and regardless of where they go in the Northwest Territories, they are faced with the similar portal, similar system, so that it is easy to use. That does not obviously give everybody access to everybody. That is not how health information works. There are privacy limitations. There are passwords. It has to be somebody who you're involved with on a care basis.

Those are the types of things that are happening, and when it come to this one, we cannot tell you today whether we are going to be using EMR, but it is certainly one of the options. Everything that we do in this particular area is going to require significant work and customization to make it seamless.