Remaking public health, electronically
Vancouver Magazine May 2019 Healthcare’s telecom suitor
Posts in category Digital Health
Digital Health — Reports from Canada and around the world on healthcare’s digital growing pains
Northwest Territories leads Canada in electronic medical record coverage
Twenty years after a federal advisory committee called for a nationwide health information system to support clinical decision-making, the Northwest Territories is on the verge of achieving the elusive dream of having …
Private smartphone app foray into Public Health System
CMAJ June 13 2016 Private telehealth foray into public system
Ehealth Progress Poor 14 years and billions later
CMAJ June 15 2015 Ehealth progress still poor $2 billion and 14 years later
Analytics-driven health care growing in Ontario
Ontario data specialists are dusting off reams of disparate and disconnected health data, integrating it with new sources of “big data” from genomics, and harnessing it all to help shape …
Obama promises to fix flawed health insurance website
US President Barack Obama is frustrated with the work of contractors, including Canada’s largest technology company, and the sustained problems with the website at the centre of his hard-fought Affordable …
Patients Want Access to Digital Health Information
The decades-long push to bring Canadian health care into the information age focused on building giant data repositories. Patients’ demands for electronic connections to their health care providers are not …
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A Discussion with Digital Health Pioneer Eric Topol
Digital health pioneer Eric Topol charts the impacts of genomics, wireless sensors, mobile devices and other digital heath information technologies.
Big Data’s Dirty Secret
Mismanagement by government e-health agencies and commercial turf battles are preventing researchers and patients from realizing many of the rewards that the “big data” era could deliver.