“I am struck by how Ontario’s digital health progress is a class glass half full/glass half empty situation,” Clark wrote in a 48-page report commissioned by Health Minister Eric Hoskins. Ed Clark on Tuesday concluded eHealth Ontario has provided “significantly” more than $5.7 billion in value to the province since 2007, but can do better. Ontario’s controversial electronic‎ health records agency should be revamped to help doctors and nurses deliver better service to patients, says Premier Kathleen Wynne’s business guru. “Specifically, eHealth Ontario should focus on core activities, completing the connecting projects, and operating and sustaining them in a way that is consistent with industry best practices,” he wrote. The Star revealed on Oct. 13 that the government wanted an appraisal of eHealth Ontario before auditor general Bonnie Lysyk releases what is expected to be a scathing report on agency.

Source: thestar November 22, 2016 14:26 UTC