Benefits To Academic Units and Academics

1. Assistance in organizing local Health Informatics (HI) initiatives into distinct entities, such as a group, center or institute.
2. Strategic assistance in defining areas of focus that build on the strengths of local HI professionals and their organizations.
3. Access to potential collaborators that complement local expertise related to submitting funding proposals.
4. Access to research funding facilitated by collaborations with key experts and with the assistance of the NIHI central organization.
5. The development of funding proposals on which the local organization will provide the leadership function.
6. An opportunity to be seen as in the “main stream” of Health Informatics.

Benefits To Industry Partners

1. An opportunity to gain access to a wide variety of expertise and intellectual property.
2. A corporate image of orientation to Health Informatics research in Canada and the cache of academic association.
3. “One-stop shopping” for academic partner finding.
4. An opportunity to collaborate in research funding applications under the auspices of the major granting agencies.
5. Access to advisers.

Benefits To NIHI Board and Strategic Advisors

1. An opportunity to shape the future of Health Informatics research.
2. A leadership opportunity in Health Informatics.
3. An opportunity to re-use and see benefits from their past experience.