Kieron Testart

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Look, if Cabinet has too many portfolios, there's Members who can come over and help them out.

Mr. Speaker, the NTHSSA is filling health information roles with uncertified staff who lack certification from the Canadian Health Information Management Association and have no recognized coding training. Will the Minister commit that coding positions will now require certification going forward for all these positions? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to follow up with the Minister of health on the CIHI data gaps, specifically now around health information management workforce. How many certified HIM professionals does NTHSSA employ, and is that sufficient for meeting national reporting requirements? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On January 15th, the Minister wrote that NWT -- to my office that the NWT, quote, provides data to CIHI as part of their standardized national reporting programs. She did not disclose that all emergency department reporting is absent, and now we know that they have that information. Was she unaware of this at the time, or did she just choose not to disclose it? Thank you.

I would ask for a recorded vote, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the motion my honourable colleague from Monfwi and I have moved today may be another chapter in the ongoing story of Northerners working to secure an independent child and youth advocate for our territory, but it is also another chance to write the ending to this story our children so urgently need.

In the 36 years since Alberta created the first child advocate office in Canada, this has been a story of repeated calls to action in this House going unanswered by government while every other jurisdiction in the country has established independent child and...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that the Chair rise and report progress.

Mr. Speaker, every year, the Canadian Institute for Health Information releases emergency department data from across Canada, covering wait times, diagnoses, and circumstances of patients who leave without being seen. Every participating jurisdiction relies on this data to guide decisions and ensure public accountability because it is essential for planning and reporting. Even though the CIHI's expert panel recommends every jurisdiction participate, health and social services does not and they don't submit even a single emergency department visit, not from Stanton and not from any emergency...

Thank you. Can the Minister reassure the House that as the system is now -- not counting the RFP, because that's something that's yet to come -- that the medical information and information that the health system holds is safe from cyber security risk and the health information of Northerners is going to be protected until this replacement comes in? There are concerns, Mr. Speaker. People need to know their personal data is not going to be hijacked by some ransomware or shared willy-nilly with people out there in the world. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the public administrator has been in place for 14 months with not much to show for it, unfortunately, Mr. Speaker. Has he been tasked with bringing the NWT into CIHI compliance? And if not, what is the $700 million buying in system accountability? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am sure you'll be surprised to know I have questions about health care informatics.

Mr. Speaker, the Minister of health said in October that our health IT is, quote, outdated and can't do anything more. Is the vendor for that technology still providing security patches? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.