InfoClin CEO, Dr. Karim Keshavjee, will be presenting findings of a study to assess the feasibility of developing a Canadian chronic disease surveillance network at the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research conference being held from May 11-14, 2009 in Calgary Alberta.  The presentation will cover how to take data collected in the course of clinical documentation and make it usable for chronic disease surveillance.  A variety of strategies for improving the utility of clinical data for secondary purposes will be presented.  Policy implications for the pan-Canadian electronic health record (EHR) and design implications for electronic medical records (EMR) will be discussed.