The Yukon Government Department of Health and Social Services (HSS) has developed the ColonCheck program that sits within the Community of Health Program Branch of the HSS. This program was introduced across the Territory to promote early detection of colon cancer. In addition, this initiative involves the implementation of a new Oracle database, which is accessed and updated via an internal web application called the "the ColonCheck Application" (ColonCheck App). The Oracle database is not accessible outside of the ColonCheck App, with limited exception. Authorized staff within the Information and Communications Technology branch of the Department of Highways and Public Works may access the database from the "back-end" for maintenance or database administrator purposes while the authorized staff of the HSS will access it for the management of client personal health information. Also, the ColonCheck App will be held on Yukon Government's existing Oracle infrastructure and will replace ColonCheck current use of Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel databases for storing client information received through ColonCheck.
