Ontario Congenital Anomalies Committee
The Ontario Congenital Anomalies Committee will work collaboratively with the Maternal-Newborn Outcomes committee to provide advice regarding the collection of information to support Congenital Anomalies surveillance and research. This will include matters such as:
- Advising BORN on the overall strategy for Congenital Anomalies surveillance in Ontario, including its relation to national and international systems.
- Evaluating and making recommendations regarding the scope, definitions, processes and methods for collection of congenital anomalies data.
- Advising on the allocation of resources (operations, research, initiatives, training/education) for systems related to congenital anomalies (e.g. Fetal Alert Network (FAN), Astraia, etc.)
- Referring policy questions to the appropriate subcommittee of PCMCH for policy analysis and to work collaboratively to consider the operational and implementation issues raised by their policy analysis.
- Providing scientific oversight and program evaluation for specific programs as defined by the BORN Leadership team, this includes advice on strategic directions of existing programs and partnerships.
- Providing advice on addition of existing data sources for BORN for enhancing congenital anomaly surveillance ( ie cardiac surgery database)
- Providing advice and direction on developing, maintaining and enhancing congenital anomalies surveillance systems in Ontario
