The federal government promised to give every Canadian an electronic health record. Eleven years and $2 billion later, we’re still waiting. Lives are hanging in the balance.

As negotiators worked to finalize some manner of formal action plan for debate and ratification at the United Nations summit on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), Canada appears to have been a …

The international food and beverage industry must be held accountable for putting profit over public health in the battle against noncommunicable diseases, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says.

No money. No targets. No consensus on controversial issues such as guaranteeing access to affordable drugs, stiffened measures against the tobacco and alcohol industries, and regulations to curb international trade …

Canada should revisit its digital health strategy following recommendations that the UK’s very similar blueprint should be jettisoned as wasteful and flawed, experts say.

While several provinces have built centralized drug information systems that theoretically allow e-prescribing, there are few doctors in Canada who are electronically transmitting prescriptions to pharmacies.

Several developing nations are joining the revolution in electronic health records to improve efficiency in their health systems, but at a fraction of the usual cost.

A recent report on ehealth from the World Health Organization (WHO) that ranks Canada 21st in information technology development, underscores the need for an independent “watchdog”, experts say.

Canada’s health information strategy is overly focused on the development of a national infostructure and underserves the needs of physicians and patients, provincial administrators say following release of a major …