International Health IT Benchmarking
Compare 38 countries on measures of primary care electronic medical record use, health information exchange, telehealth, and patient online services.
Source: Zelmer J, Ronchi E, Hypponen H, Lupianez-Villanueva F, Codagnone C, Nohr C, Huebner U, Fazzalari A, Adler-Milstein J on behalf of the OECD Health ICT Benchmarking Pilot Group. (2016). International Health IT Benchmarking: Learning from Cross-Country Comparisons, JAMIA. doi:10.1093/jamia/ocw111
Health expenditures across Canada
Inflation-adjusted health expenditures per capita have risen across the country since 1975, but there are variations in the trend by province/territory.
Source: National Health Expenditures Database, CIHI
How health and social sector employment, as well as licensed nurses and physicians, vary across OECD countries.
Source: OECD Health Data
WHAT USERS THINK OF iEHRs
Advanced Care Plans
Two-thirds of Canada's seniors have discussed advanced care plans with someone
Source: Commonwealth Fund 2014 International Health Policy Survey
Online Test Results for Patients
Wait times, understanding, and other comparisons for patients in British Columbia who do and do not view lab test results online
Source: Mák G, Smith Fowler H, Leaver C, Hagens S, Zelmer J. (2015). The Effects of Web-Based Patient Access to Laboratory Results in British Columbia: A Patient Survey on Comprehension and Anxiety, J Med Internet Res, 17(8):e191. http://jmir.org/2015/8/e191/
Jobs in Health & Social Care
Canada's healthcare & social assistance employment grew by 25,000 in March 2016, +3.4% year-over-year
Source: March 2016 Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada, http://statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/160408/t002a-eng.htm