I'd be pleased to.
The collection of uniform data across the country is still in the development stage. The Canadian government, along with the provinces, has invested a large amount of money in the development of electronic health records. The provinces and territories, together with our agency, are working on a system called Panorama, which CIHI has supported to the tune of about $100 million so far. That system is ready to go in some provinces. It will facilitate the uniform gathering of health records, which would allow much better transferability of information and much better management of patient files. It would also allow provinces, territories, and the federal government to get that direct information. But it's some years away.
I think B.C. is ready to test a pilot and their new modules. We're working with them on the steering committee looking at standardization development—what the needs are, what the various modules are—but it's not there yet.
Each province and territory is a little different, and they each have some pluses and minuses in what they're able to gather.