So far our provincial government has spent approximately $1 billion to unsuccesfuly transfer doctor/patient records to an electronic health system.

However, there is already a successful e-health system working in Ontario called OSCAR.

According to the website of McMaster University, this medical record system has been developed by doctors for use by the whole healthcare team, including the patient and pharmacist; is already used by over 600 Canadian doctors; has no licensing fees; and is very flexible.

It states all physicians could have OSCAR implemented within the next 24 months and the cost would be less than $20 million.

We could already have saved a billion dollars by using this already developed e-health system. Let’s use it.

Ron Wood
Stratford