Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor says a new database will help researchers find solutions to health events like the opioid crisis and chronic illnesses that cross provincial boundaries.
While meeting with researchers at the University of British Columbia, Petitpas Taylor announce $81 million in funding over seven years to support the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research Canadian Data Platform.
She says this database intends to reduce that “painstaking” step by providing a single portal where researchers can request access to administrative, clinical and social data from various sources across the country.
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