Industry forecasts indicate that Canadians will soon face a marketing avalanche to persuade them to purchase personal genetic test kits. But while American officials are moving to regulate do-it-yourself genetic …
The contrast is startling. The United States government recently adopted regulations that will compel — and generously pay — American physicians to make “meaningful use” of electronic health records (EHRs). …
Population-level public health data in the province of Ontario should be used as a “lever” to attract international investment in genetics research, a high-powered panel of geneticists urges. But to …
Canadian hospitals lag behind their United States counterparts in the use of electronic medical record systems, according to new data which also indicate an increasing technology gap between large and …
Alberta, already a leader in Canada in connecting health professionals to electronic information systems, is gearing-up to bring patients into the loop. And that, says the province’s health minister, will …
A look into the future of Canadian health care by Canada’s top electronic health information strategist suggests physicians and patients alike should prepare for futuristic-sounding scenarios in which clinical care …
Ten years after the federal government agreed to build a national “infostructure” for electronic health records (EHRs), confusion and disarray appear to be the only form of national standards in …
Six provincial auditors joined with federal Auditor General Sheila Fraser yesterday to release a report depicting a dismal picture of Canada’s efforts to build a national health “infostructure.” The report, …
In the opinion of Dr. Karim Keshavjee, a Toronto, Ontario, family physician and associate member of the Centre for Evaluation of Medicines affiliated with McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada’s …
It is estimated that only 30% of Canadian physicians employ electronic health records (EHRs), as compared with 50% in the United States and more than 90% in Denmark and other …