Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am embarrassed that I have to sit here and support a motion to end fax machines in the use of the health and social services sector in 2020. I do not even know how to use a fax machine, Mr. Chair. I recognize that there are some complications here. One is getting Alberta's records and our records to be able to share digitally. We need to do that. I recognize one of the other issues is that sometimes the Internet is not all that reliable in our communities, so we rely on fax machines. I guess that ties to a larger problem, of making sure that all of our communities have access to high-speed Internet such that, when we actually update our medical records system, everyone can have access to it. However, I have had constituents on medical travel print out giant folders and have to walk in with CDs or have to request faxes to Alberta hospitals that get lost. The way right now we are sharing health records both within the territory and out-of-territory needs a serious look, and I think this use of fax machines continually is just a representation of a lack of making process on this issue and really making sure we have bought and paid for the proper software such that medical records can be safely shared both within the territory and out-of-territory. I am happy to see this motion, but perhaps in the life of this government, we can stop using fax machines to send health records. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Rylund Johnson on Committee Motion 53-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Ending Use of Fax Machines in Health and Social Services Sector, Carried
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Committee Motion 53-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Ending Use of Fax Machines in Health and Social Services Sector, Carried
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