Our Mission is to promote understanding for the exchange and effective and efficient utilization of information and information technologies within BC's healthcare environment by: providing a forum for the exchange of ideas, concepts, and developments in BC's health informatics field; assuming a leadership role in advising policy and decision makers on matters pertaining to health information management in BC; building an information resource reference and coordinate an expertise pool for health informatics in BC and providing guidance for the standardization of health informatic projects.