OKAKI is a trusted public health partner with a steadfast commitment to public and Indigenous health. They deliver on time with flexibility, and creativity, adopting a public health lens to complex projects. OKAKI’s team has the right balance of public health, technical, privacy, and health system experts to deliver transformative solutions. They have worked with First Nations community, healthcare and government partners to relentlessly pursue the creation of a complete and intuitive immunization registry for all Albertans. For over a decade, they have worked to address public health and immunization information gaps that the pandemic only highlighted, and their work has been vital to the COVID-19 response. Since immunization partners have implemented their systems the data quality to support immunization surveillance and clinical decision making has improved significantly.

OKAKI is an organization that is driven by purpose. Their team of experienced public health professionals and technical experts is led by a commitment to bringing resolution to long-standing health system challenges in First Nations communities. They combine an unparalleled understanding of the issues on reserve, with a visionary approach, and courage to break down barriers and solve tough problems, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. OKAKI’s suite of public health tools has been absolutely critical to informing and managing the pandemic response on reserves.

The OKAKI team has consistently provided excellent solutions for the College in the areas of data mining, information infrastructure, and information analysis. They are conscientious, creative, and innovative in their approach to business and they listen intently to our needs while remaining agile as project requirements change and evolve over time.

Our pharmacy has been working with Okaki and PIP for about 3 years. PIP has allowed us to efficiently document immunizations, provide immunization records, document clinical services and bill for all of these services. Leveraging PIP has definitely allowed us to improve our efficiency and we can provide way more clinical services and immunizations (with better documentation) than we could without it. The Okaki team is also very helpful and easy to deal with.

I have worked with the OKAKI team on numerous research projects. They truly understand both the needs of academics as well as their community partners. This expertise has enhanced the research we have been able to complete on numerous levels. Moreover, their support has allowed us to secure funding for research projects which would otherwise be unattainable.

OKAKI is highly recommended for its inter-professional approach to solving health care-related problems and its extensive understanding of a global approach to addressing such problems.

I have worked with Dr. Samanani and the OKAKI team on various projects for over eight years. They bring not only a wealth of expertise in health informatics, but also a proven track record of delivery and passion for public health that are unparalleled by any organization that I have ever encountered. They have revolutionized public health informatics in Alberta.

OKAKI brings rigor, passion, dedication, and intelligence to every project. They achieve brilliant results for their clients in far less time, with far greater quality, and far more cost-effectively than large public sector teams could hope to. OKAKI also demonstrates a type of long-term commitment to client objectives that I have never seen before.

The OKAKI team developed and successfully launched a service-based data system for our Case Management Program. OKAKI is responsive to our technical needs and they value our input as we continue to add new features to the system. Ke Ola Mamo appreciates OKAKI’s effort, talent, and support.

The Blackfoot term “Okaki” means intelligence of the mind, body, and spirit. Dr. Samanani and the OKAKI team continue to deliver innovation, best practices, and world-class technology. Working with them has resulted in positive, progressive, and meaningful change at the community level. They are game-changer.

OKAKI truly understands the challenges, needs, and visions of Indigenous organizations. They understand budget limitations and political hurdles faced by our communities and they work with us to advocate for our people at the highest level. They are brilliant, flexible, supportive, and honor the right of Indigenous Peoples to manage and control access to their own data.

Tribal Chiefs Ventures Inc. has been working with OKAKI since 2008. We have found them to be very helpful with the development and implementation of numerous initiatives that the tribal council has undertaken on behalf of its member First Nations. They listen to our needs and develop these programs with each member First Nation’s needs in mind.

OKAKI’s software helped us spend more time focusing on patients, instead of shuffling paper. It simplified our record keeping and reporting and, more importantly, our patients appreciated the improved efficiency and use of leading-edge technology.

FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance, Afghanistan completed disaster risk assessments in several hundred remote mountain villages in northern Afghanistan, an area highly prone to avalanches, landslides, and floods. They iteratively worked with our staff, in a patient, committed, and focused manner, despite an 11.5 hour time difference. They produced a summary of critical infrastructure and vulnerabilities for one of the poorest and most isolated regions of the world. The Atlas they created was instrumental in showcasing our work and planning for natural disasters.

The Public Health Information Exchange (PHIX) was piloted in fall 2014. As our selected vendor, OKAKI provided a development experience that seamlessly integrated with our clinical practices and accounted for our unique technical needs. The OKAKI team impressed us with their focus on the patient experience and their dedication to delivering a software product that exceeded our expectations. We have been enormously pleased with OKAKI’s commitment to professionalism and their capacity to deliver on project objectives on time and under budget.

Having data means nothing unless you can use it! Thanks to OKAKI’s products and assistance our staff can improve care plans and outcomes for our clients. Improvements in their wellness indicators is the result we all strive for and OKAKI products and services make this possible.

Ultimately, we want to connect pharmacies to public health and public health to pharmacies, so patients have up-to-date records anywhere they go, and we can all work together to maximize opportunities to immunize Albertans. We are working with OKAKI to establish an innovative model of health records management that will support improved patient care and continuity.