Program directory · Department of Indigenous Services
e-Health Infostructure
- Department
- Department of Indigenous Services
- Program code
- BXP02 (INDSC)
- Core responsibility
- Governance and Community Development Services
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The objective of the eHealth Infostructure Program is to improve the efficiency of health care delivery to First Nations individuals, families, and communities through the use of eHealth technologies for the purpose of defining, collecting, communicating, managing, disseminating, and using data. Front-line care providers are therefore able to better deliver health services in First Nations communities through eHealth partnerships, technologies, tools, and services. eHealth Infostructure Program supports and enables public health surveillance; health services delivery (primary and community care included); health reporting, planning and decision-making; and, integration/compatibility with other health service delivery partners. eHealth Infostructure Program shares synergies with other programs such as Clinical and Client Care and external partners. The latter include National Indigenous Organizations (such as the Assembly of First Nations), federal departments, provincial governments, and national and regional associations.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2019-20. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| e-Health Infostructure | Earlier program (name match, high confidence) | 2018-19 – 2020-21 | $26.3M |
| e-Health Infostructure | This program | 2019-20 – 2024-25 | $145M |
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Appears to replace e-Health Infostructure | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $49.2M, against $28.9M in 2019-20 (+71%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $33.8M, against $49.2M in 2020-21 (−31%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Employees (FTEs) 48, against 86 in 2021-22 (−44%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 300 | 2023 | 300 The program is permanently funded to maintain 300 Digital Health Record Systems. Given the current level of digital health funding, the number of digital health records remains stable at 300. | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | $27.2M | $28.9M |
| 2020-21 | $27.4M | $49.2M |
| 2021-22 | $28.2M | $33.8M |
| 2022-23 | $28.2M | $33.2M |
| 2023-24 | $30.5M* | — |
| 2024-25 | $30.5M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 55 | 56 |
| 2020-21 | 55 | 78 |
| 2021-22 | 55 | 86 |
| 2022-23 | 55 | 48 |
| 2023-24 | 55* | — |
| 2024-25 | 55* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 plan | $27,244,896 | $27,244,896 | $27,744,896 | |||
| 2020-21 plan | $27,425,803 | $27,925,803 | $27,925,803 | |||
| 2021-22 plan | $28,164,452 | $28,162,884 | $30,486,409 | |||
| 2022-23 plan | $28,175,513 | $30,499,485 | $30,499,485 | |||
| Actual | $28,859,723 | $49,217,278 | $33,838,391 | $33,215,044 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
