Structure, Functions and Responsibilities
The Health Informatics Directorate focuses on health data governance, quality, privacy and reporting within the Ministry of Health and Active Aging.
The directorate is composed of the following Units:
- Health Data Management
- Data Governance
- Digital Health and Data
- Data Protection
- Medical Records
- Medical Illustrations
Responsibilities
- To co-ordinate and promote health informatics across all healthcare services
- To identify requirements in the operability of health informatics within healthcare services and give advice and recommendations
- To collect, analyse and disseminate health information to ensure continuous monitoring, innovation and sustainability within healthcare services
General Description of the Categories of Documents Held
- Hospital activity reports
- Data protection procedures
- Written and photographic clinical documentation
- Standard Operation Procedures
- Quality Assurance procedures and review of process workflows
- Data governance procedures and reviews
