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.

While substantial progress has been made globally on aspects of child and maternal survival, including efforts to fight malnutrition and major diseases such as AIDS and malaria, the deaths of …

Calling ehealth technologies “the new stethoscope,” Jennifer Zelmer, Infoway’s senior vice-president for clinical adoption and innovation, says a lack of physician training represents a substantial barrier in Canada’s efforts to …

Physicians should be compelled by law to use electronic medical records (EMRs), one of Canada’s leading health administrators says. Moreover, doctors should face stiff consequences if they fail to do …