It’s time to bring Canada’s medical system into the 21st century

The first issue we should tackle is our out-of-date approach to digital health.

Building an integrated health data system requires harmonized standards and regulations, an area where the federal government should take a leading role, writes Liam MacDonald. Pexels photograph by Polina Tankilevitch

Opinion

BY LIAM MACDONALD

May 14, 2025

Access to health care is top of mind for many Canadians; understandably so, considering that one in five Canadians do not have a family doctor, and wait times in emergency rooms are unbearably long—only 10 per cent of Ontario hospitals meet provincial targets for average e...

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