There’s plenty to be disappointed by in the young tenure of the Ford government in Ontario. This dumpster fire culminated in a significant cabinet shuffle that saw high-profile cabinet ministers like Vic Fedeli and Lisa MacLeod demoted. The most obvious theme among the 10 key recommendations from the council is the importance of data and technology to help integrate our siloed healthcare system. Importantly, the authors say the government should enact legislation that ensures patient ownership of their digital health data. They suggest this should also dovetail with a modernization of the Patient Health Information Protection Act.

Source: thestar July 01, 2019 10:03 UTC