AI in health care is running—but where’s it headed?

What Canada needs is a federal AI-in-health strategy that is aligned with our health-care values, policy priorities, and regulatory environment.

The government must develop a pan-Canadian framework for AI in health care that facilitates access to data for the development and effective implementation of these technologies in clinical practice, writes Samira Abbasgholizadeh-Rahimi. Unsplash photograph by Steve Johnson

Opinion

BY SAMIRA ABBASGHOLIZADEH-RAHIMI

May 14, 2025

As artificial intelligence continues to transform health care worldwide, Canada finds itself at a critical crossroads. Despite this country’s global reputation for excellence in both publicly funded health-care and AI research, we are lagging when it comes to implementatio...

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