Documents Access to Information Act Call for a national access strategy Developed by Andrew Clement and Leslie Regan Shade, Information Policy Research Program, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto. Canadian Health Network's prototype website The Canadian Health Network / Reseau canadien de la sante (formerly the National Population Health Clearinghouse) has issued a letter soliciting invitations to not-for-profit organizations or consortia of not-for-profit organizations interested in becoming either the western or eastern operating centre. The deadline was Oct. 22 for a declaration of intent. Information for Health: An information strategy for the modern NHS Special issue of JAMA on Electronic Health Information National Library of Medicine to Work with Public Libraries to Help Consumers Find Answers to Medical Questions New consumer health web site "MEDLINEplus" launched Knowledge for Canadian health-care through a health libraries assistance act: a proposal    Jim Henderson, Medical Library Service, College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC A national health library and information network for Canada: a brief concept paper   Joanne Marshall, Ph.D., Technical Consultant to the Health Canada Libraries Review Connecting for Better Health: Strategic Issues  Advisory Council on Health Info-structure Please note that Canadians have been invited to comment on this interim report. Making a powerful connection: the health of the public and the national information infrastructure  Report of the U.S. Public Health Service Public Health Data Policy Coordinating Committee The NHRDP Toward 2001 - Implementing Conceptual and Program Change Final Report of the National Conference on Health Info-Structure  in PDF Acrobat format. Note that the report is 1 MB in size. Delivering Information Services through Collaboration  Special section of the American Society for Information Science's August/September 1998 Bulletin National Consultation on Health Information Needs in Canada  by the Canadian Institute for Health Information National Library of Medicine to Work with Public Libraries to Help Consumers Find Answers to Medical Questions New Consumer Health Web Site "MEDLINEplus" Launched Bibliography on the Competencies of Special Librarians  Part of the SLA document Competencies for Special Librarians of the 21st Century. Please note that we will be replacing this bibliography with our own as it develops. Nova Scotia: A National Laboratory for the Development and Evaluation of Canadian Health Information Systems