What is the data stewardship structure?
Delineation of the policies and IT system structure to support data privacy, security, and custodianship are important to the success of this project. A Data Stewardship Committee has been established to work on these issues. This Committee held its first meeting on January 24, 2007 and the membership structure can be found at www.capitalhealth.ca/EMRProject under the “Project Leadership” section. This group’s established data stewardship policies will be part of the Subscription Agreement. • If I am on an EMR today will my data be able to be converted? As part of VCUR compliance, vendors are required to support the Transfer of Data Protocols developed by the POSP program. Through this interface, eCLINICIAN will be able to store the extracted data in a non-discrete format consistent with the standards established. Each physician will be responsible for obtaining their data files from their existing vendor. • Can POSP funds be used for this system? eCLINICIAN intends to be Vendor Confor
