“It irks Dr. Ben Chan that he can do his banking anywhere in the world, but his medical records can’t be instantly called up at a hospital.
The annual report of the Ontario Health Quality Council, released earlier this month, points out Ontario is woefully behind other jurisdictions in digitizing health records. In 2007, only 25 per cent of Ontario’s family-practice doctors had electronic medical records compared to 50 per cent in Alberta, 98 per cent in the Netherlands and 89 per cent in the United Kingdom.”
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Theresa Boyle, The Star, 20 June 2009
