Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, earlier today I mentioned the Canadian Institute for Health Information reporting relationship with the emergency room data for the NWT Health and Social Services Authority and the fact that there is none. So my question for the health Minister is, the Yukon mandates emergency department reporting to CIHI and submits roughly 41,000 records a year. Can the Minister confirm that the NWT submits zero? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member from Range Lake. Minister of Health and Social Services.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, what we mandate, the coding to CIHI is inpatient surgical and day procedures; however, we do have the data for the emergency room. It's, you know, that they've had to prioritize those mandated areas that they submit. 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.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wasn't aware. Thank you.
Thank you, Minister of Health and Social Services. Member from Range Lake.
Yes, Mr. Speaker. CIHI's expert panel recommends every jurisdiction mandate NACRS reporting. That's reporting to the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System, the uninitiated. What is the Minister's plan and what is her timeline to catch up to this national standard? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And as I have mentioned many times in this House, we have the data. In order to prioritize this, you know, we would need extra staff to keep up to the amount of data that we have to manually track and submit. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister of Health and Social Services. Oral questions. Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.
