Did D&D in HS & possibilities with Canada Health Infoway This section from a 100 page report written by Canada Health Public-Private Sector
Collaboration, This is where the Blockchain becomes into play in my opinion with health records, data, and newly implementing of legal medical Cannibis drugs for patients. It’s my observation and opinion. We know that HS already conducts business with government and this just caught my eye.
Collaboration between the public and private sectors can be an effective means of ensuring the development or adoption of technology within the health field. In this context, we mean such technology as hardware, software, systems design, system architectures, etc. We do not mean data or service delivery, which can raise sensitive issues, including the possibility of gradual privatization.
The terms “public sector” and “private sector” can each comprise a wide variety of different kinds of organizations. For example, the public sector can include government and many differ- ent types of public agencies with different degrees of accountability to government. The private sector can include companies whose primary aim is to make a profit, as well as not- for-profit organizations such as the Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education, some research centres and a range of non-governmental organizations, as well as others.
Collaborations can involve combinations of all these different types of organizations. It is in keeping with the Council’s cooperative vision of the Canada Health Infoway that its development and implementation, at least in terms of technol- ogy development, will involve collaboration among the public sector and private not-for- profit and for-profit organizations.
The rationale for the public sector’s collabora- tion with its private sector counterpart usually revolves around a desire for a commercial prod- uct or a need to leverage resources, or acquire skills or access to expertise not present in the public sector. If the financial resources or neces- sary technological expertise do not exist in the public sector, collaboration with the private sec- tor can enable more rapid technological devel- opment at less cost than if the public sector first had to develop the necessary expertise in-house.
The rationale for the private sector’s collabora- tion with its public sector counterpart usually is due to Canada’s small and fragmented market. Collaboration with the public sector opens up a critical portion of this market and helps provide a firm domestic base for export.
In the Council’s view, collaborations between public and private sectors in the area of technol- ogy development can add value and advance the building of the Canada Health Infoway. The scope of possible arrangements is great, and individual circumstances will largely dictate contractual terms.
However, the Council believes that government has the responsibility to define clearly its approach to public-private collabora- tion and transparently examine its implications in light of the following principles:
• all such collaborations must pay fastidious attention to safeguarding privacy and protecting health information;
• all such collaborations should respect and reinforce the principles of the Canada Health Act;
• all such collaborations should respect and reinforce public administration of the health system;
• as part of the normal contracting process where intellectual property with a potential for commercialization is likely to be devel- oped, the return to the parties should be in line with the contributions made and the risks assumed by the parties; and
• to the extent possible, commercialization of intellectual property should occur in Canada.
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