Beyond Technical Interoperability: Tackling the Policy- and People-Driven Barriers to Advancing Digital Health and Connected Data in Canada

Connecting data across disparate digital systems is a critical part of enabling the meaningful use of health information; however, discussions of data interoperability often focus on technical factors which are necessary, but not sufficient to achieve the data connectivity we so desperately need in Canada. Develop a step-by-step plan to:  

• Optimize the policy and human factors which are instrumental to a connected data future.   

• Connect data governance, data literacy, and policy together more effectively  

• Realize a connected, person-centered health data system