Canada needs a national database to track COVID-19 vaccination in real time

Canada has world-class potential for statistical surveillance of adverse health events in the electronic health databases housed in each province. But these data often reside in multiple impenetrable silos within each province.

Federal health minister Patty Hajdu, pictured at a pandemic briefing. To ensure effective implementation of this monitoring solution, strong fiscal sanctions should be included if provinces do not co-operate, writes Michael Wolfson of the University of Ottawa.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL WOLFSON

January 4, 2021

With Canada in the midst of rolling out the vaccines, the importance of effectively monitoring the immunization campaign is coming to the fore. The federal government has recognized the importance of monitoring data, at least within federal jurisdiction, and the prime...

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