We are a woeful, laggard nation when it comes to the use of e-health records. There are 67,000 licensed doctors in Canada; approximately 45,000 have clinics outside of acute-care settings—that’s 30,000 GPs and 15,000 specialists, a huge group who could benefit from office-based electronic medical records.

Standardizing definitions is key, as demonstrated by the Wait Time Information Program underway in Ontario.

I read your April 21article, “Family medicine residents lacking in ER training: CAEP” with interest as it revealed yet another example of the bizarre state of emergency medicine training in Canada. .

If Fraser Institute studies are problematic, maybe provincial medical associations should step up to lead hospital accountability project.