Minister of Health Mark Holland rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, April 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
The bill will “help take the blindfolds off of practitioners,” who are asked to see patients without having access to critical information about their health, Holland said at a press conference Thursday. There are roughly 100 different technology vendors, with about 30 of those dominating the space, government officials said in a briefing provided to reporters on the condition they not be named.Holland said the companies have a “corporate responsibility” to share data.
It also “improves patient safety and patient outcomes by ensuring that providers have access to the right information at the right time when providing care," the association said.