CMAJ - Experts call for health infoway 'watchdog'

Dismal Canadian progress in the development of national electronic health records, as evidenced by a recent report on ehealth from the World Health Organization (WHO) that ranks Canada 21st in information technology development, underscores the need for an independent, national "watchdog" to assess government ehealth efforts, experts say…

Robyn Tamblyn, health informatics researcher at McGill University in Montréal, Quebec and leader of a CIHR-funded team that investigates the use of ehealth technologies to support integrated care for chronic disease, says the recent WHO snapshot suggests that a much closer look at Canada’s ehealth policies and progress is now warranted.