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About Us

Networked Health is a community of people working together to improve healthcare by designing optimized information and data systems. Our goal is to create safer care, better connections across the health system, and a future that’s more innovative, collaborative, and evidence-based.

Our members bring a wide range of experience from across the health sector. Together, we’re focused on improving patient outcomes, supporting the health of entire communities, lowering healthcare costs, and making the work experience better for healthcare providers.

We follow a Collective Impact model—an approach that recognizes meaningful, lasting social change happens when people from different areas come together, align their efforts, and work toward shared goals over time. It’s this kind of teamwork that makes real progress possible.

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Our Story

We started as a group who first came together during the COVID-19 pandemic focusing on virtual care during a time when the need in Alberta was rapidly increasing. Our goal was to optimize how virtual care was delivered, and we quickly discovered that success depended on better information and data systems working together seamlessly.

This insight expanded our focus beyond virtual care alone. We began working on improving how health information and data systems are designed and connected across the entire healthcare system.

While we remain committed to advancing virtual care, our shift from originally being called the Alberta Virtual Care Coordinating Body to Networked Health reflects our broader mission and growing impact. We have since expanded to include chapters in British Columbia (Networked Health - BC) and Ontario (Networked Health - Ontario) as a result of the increased interest in working together to improve healthcare by designing optimized information and data systems.

Timeline

Team Members

Anne Forsyth

Anne Forsyth

Networked Health ON, Co-Chair

Ewan Affleck

Ewan Affleck

Networked Health AB, Chair

Teri Price

Teri Price

Networked Health AB, Co-Chair

Carl Severson

Carl Severson

Networked Health BC, Co-Chair

Glynda Rees

Glynda Rees

Networked Health BC, Co-Chair

Claire Snyman

Claire Snyman

Networked Health BC, Chair

Phil Boyer

Phil Boyer

Networked Health ON, Co-Chair

Statement of Accountability

The work of Networked Health is the product of cooperative, principle-based collaboration across diverse members of the public and those working in the health field to promote quality health programs and services that will benefit all people receiving care in Alberta and Canada.

Participation of an individual in a Networked Health project, including the publication of a report, does not indicate endorsement of the content of the report by the institution or organization that employs the individual.

Institutional and organizational participation in, and endorsement of, Networked Health efforts is welcomed and encouraged in support of collective accountability to quality health programs and services.

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