Data-sharing issues affect the health-care sector

To improve health data management in Canada, several infrastructural and legal changes are necessary.

Unlike the United States with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Canada has no federal standardized training protocols for protecting and handling data, writes Anne Genge.Photograph courtesy of Unsplash/National Cancer Institute

Opinion

BY ANNE GENGE

May 3, 2023

In Canada, the health-care system is managed separately by each province or territory, leading to isolated health-care providers with varying electronic health record systems. This fragmentation presents challenges in sharing patient data and ensuring patient privacy, which ...

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