Information Management, a System We Can Count On:
This guide is designed as a roadmap to many authoritative sources of health care information available in Ontario. It is intended primarily for use by local- & system-wide health care planners & analysts involved in research, policy development, & information management. The guide contains a profile of 82 databases or information holdings, both internal & external to the Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care. The content is arranged according to the organization that holds the information. Each entry includes a general description of the holding & its data tables, instructions on how to access the data (including privacy constraints, licensing considerations, & system requirements), and contact information. The guide includes a user-friendly cross-referencing chart organized by key health care topic and an index which allows the reader to locate individual information holdings by title, data category, & health topic. A glossary is appended.