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Digital health technology is crucial for managing mental health and substance use. Canada is developing a unified digital health framework to improve data sharing and accessibility across all provinces and territories.

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Digital Health
Health Informatics
Healthcare Transformation

Background:

Digital health technology is a globally recognized asset for managing mental health and substance use.
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes digital health's role in enhancing healthcare sustainability, access, quality, and efficiency.
Several countries have established nationwide, government-coordinated digital health systems, setting a precedent for global adoption.

Purpose of the Study:

To highlight the growing importance of digital health technology in addressing mental health and substance use management.
To underscore Canadian public support for integrating digital health into the national healthcare system.
To outline Canada's foundational efforts in establishing a consolidated digital health infrastructure.

Main Methods:

Review of global digital health initiatives and national strategies.
Analysis of Canadian policies and early-stage national efforts in digital health.
Examination of frameworks and roadmaps for health data integration and interoperability.

Main Results:

Canadian public opinion favors the integration of digital health solutions.
While provincial strategies vary, national initiatives are progressing towards a unified digital health foundation.
The Canadian Institute for Health Information is developing a Pan-Canadian Health Data Content Framework, linked to the Shared Pan-Canadian Interoperability Roadmap.

Conclusions:

Digital health technology offers significant potential to transform knowledge and healthcare delivery.
Standardized data integration and sharing are key to enabling accessible health information across Canadian jurisdictions.
Canada's coordinated approach aims to build a robust digital health ecosystem for improved healthcare outcomes.