Use technology, take risks to advance Canadian health care, say innovators

Embrace technology to solve problems, but when choosing this path, use the best one for the job and avoided being hemmed in by the limitations of a particular program or vendor.

The government of Ontario, which includes Health Minister Eric Hoskins, has committed funds to expand the eConsult service across the province. Flickr photograph courtesy of Alex Guibord

Opinion

BY CLARE LIDDY, ERIN KEELY

February 14, 2018

It all started when the two of us sat down over a cup of coffee. As a family physician and endocrinologist, we stand on opposite sides of a large chasm called patient wait times, and we both started seeing more and more of our patients getting swallowed up by this abyss. In her role as a family doc...

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