Santé Québec is suspending its project to modernize payroll and purchasing management in the healthcare network: the Financial and Procurement Information System (SIFA). The government corporation is also postponing the Digital Health Record (DSN) for six months. The Canadian Press confirmed this information, first reported by Radio-Canada, with two sources.
In a written statement, Erika Bially, Vice-President of Information Technology at Santé Québec, emphasized that the DSN and the SIFA are two “pillars” of the digital transformation the government wants to implement in the healthcare network, particularly to modernize tools and improve the network’s efficiency.
“However, the essential conditions for their success are currently no longer in place. In this context, we are making the dif