The health decision support system in Canada is embodied in Electronic Health Record Solutions, which includes Public Health Surveillance System, Drug Information Systems, Laboratory Information Systems, etc. By virtue of business intelligence and other advanced information techology, the system can realize the function of statistical analysis, data mining, prediction, and transform information into predicting and guiding knowledge, thus support health decision-making in terms of health surveillance, resources allocation and quality control. The success lie in b support from the federal government, efficient responsible organization Infoway as well as comprehensive and strategic design, which can be served as good enlightenment for HDSS construction of China.
Citation: HU Hongpu,DAI Tao,GAO Xing. Development of Health Decision Support System (HDSS) in Canada and its Enlightenments to China. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2012, 12(5): 495-498. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20120078 Copy