There was a story out of B.C. this week, dealing with the conviction of a former provincial assistant deputy minister in the Ministry of Health Services. Ron Danderfer had been in charge of that B.C.’s e-health initiative – intended to digitize health records for greater efficiency in the delivery of health services. While it’s a [...]
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This week the Quebec Auditor General called the province’s proposed computerized health records initiative a failure. But Quebec shouldn’t be too embarrassed: it joins the company of other failures – in Ontario and B.C., for example. (See my March 8, 2010 and February 22, 2010 postings for more background, as well as the Wikipedia entry [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/05/07/media-update-for-may-7-2010/
Posted by Ian Bron News Summary and Comment: Today I lead with a few smaller stories, two being from the provinces. In Ottawa, the Ombudsman at Veteran’s Affairs is pointing a finger at bureaucrats for blocking programs designed to help disabled veterans. This is an issue which has renewed importance as many veterans are returning [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2010/07/26/media-update-for-july-26-2010/