{"id":4106,"date":"2025-06-13T22:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T22:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/?p=4106"},"modified":"2025-06-13T22:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T22:27:14","slug":"canadian-health-data-landscape-advancing-collaboration-at-chla-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/canadian-health-data-landscape-advancing-collaboration-at-chla-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Health Data Landscape: Advancing Collaboration at CHLA 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chla-absc.ca\/conferences.php\">Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA) Conference<\/a> 2025, centred around the theme of \u201cBuilding Futures Together\u201d, recently took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, from June 3 to 6. The annual conference provides an invaluable platform for knowledge exchange and collaboration within the health information community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opening and closing keynote presentations particularly exemplified this year\u2019s theme. The conference commenced with Dr. Maura Brown&#8217;s presentation on building a climate-resilient healthcare system. Dr. Brown emphasized the need to recognize planetary health as a system alongside human health and that the interlinkage between these systems must be understood for effective resilience. In the closing address, Dr Devon Greyson included an inspiring message on building a more effective health information system through collaboration, similar to how a sports team or concert band will work cohesively to accomplish a common goal.&nbsp;<br><br>A key highlight of WDS-ITO&#8217;s presence was the presentation of the &#8220;Assessing the Canadian Digital Health Landscape: Opportunities for Improved Data Sharing and Research&#8221; analysis, delivered by Alyssa Foote. This comprehensive overview delves into the complexities of the health data landscape in Canada, aiming to identify opportunities for advancement within the context of WDS&#8217;s global mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The analysis identified key challenges and opportunities across pan-Canadian and regional health data entities. Key findings included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Data Accessibility &amp; Sharing:<\/strong> Significant barriers include varying access levels and fees, complex and lengthy access processes, diverse data sharing policies, and inconsistent metadata and discoverability.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Data Standardization &amp; Interoperability:<\/strong> Inconsistent metadata and persistent identifier adoption, ongoing barriers with cross-jurisdictional data linkage, and fragmented interoperability remain areas for improvement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Data Governance &amp; Privacy:<\/strong> While privacy safeguards and secure research environments are consistently used, there is evolving recognition of Indigenous Data Sovereignty and a diverse, decentralized landscape of data access governance models.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The presentation emphasized the ongoing need to transition from a &#8220;current state&#8221; where data can be buried, siloed, impeded, and alienated (BIAS), to a &#8220;desired state&#8221; where data is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.go-fair.org\/fair-principles\/\">FAIR principles<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address these findings, key recommendations include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increase the scope of the Canadian Health Data Landscape Analysis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote data management best practices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Standardize data access procedures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2025 CHLA conference provided a valuable platform for disseminating key findings and collaborating with health information professionals to advance a more unified and easily accessible Canadian health information network. Additionally, with its expanding list of members, WDS has a vital role in fostering a more collaborative and interdisciplinary research environment. You can dive deeper by reading the full <a href=\"https:\/\/zenodo.org\/records\/15309796\">Canadian Health Data Landscape Analysis report<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA) Conference 2025, centred around the theme of \u201cBuilding Futures Together\u201d, recently took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, from June 3 to 6. The annual conference provides an invaluable platform for knowledge exchange and collaboration within the health information community. The opening and closing keynote presentations particularly exemplified this year\u2019s&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/canadian-health-data-landscape-advancing-collaboration-at-chla-2025\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Canadian Health Data Landscape: Advancing Collaboration at CHLA 2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":4109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[139,155,157,98],"class_list":["post-4106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-conference","tag-data-repositories","tag-health-data-management","tag-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4108,"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106\/revisions\/4108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}