Canadian Health records situation a “travesty”, conference hears

Posted by Lodewijk

July 3, 2008

“Canada’s foot-dragging on embracing electronic health records is a flaw in the system as revealing as a patient’s paper hospital gown, a longtime national health reporter says. Globe and Mail public health reporter Andre Picard told a Health Quality Council conference on transparency in Saskatoon Friday the nation’s lack of electronic health records is a “travesty” [...]