US EditionOntario looks to create connected primary care medical record system
Ontario begins market-sounding to develop a voluntary EMR system aiming to reduce paperwork and link 90% of family doctors’ disconnected software, improving patient care coordination.
- On March 19, 2026, Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones unveiled a provincewide primary care electronic medical record plan tied to an additional $325 million in funding, and the Ford government said it will start by consulting vendors.
- Longstanding fragmentation in digital health records has burdened family physicians, while the eHealth agency wasted $1 billion and $8 billion was spent on failed EMR initiatives, the auditor-general found.
- The ministry plans to work with Ontario Health and vendors to run a market-sounding with Supply Ontario, with voluntary participation and funding to support doctors' migration.
- With the provincial budget arriving next week, the government says it attached approximately 330,000 people to primary care in 2025/26 and expects 500,000 more will be connected in 2026-27 as new teams are added.
- Privacy experts and past breaches mean officials have not provided a cost estimate, with 'As I listened to the announcement today, it's evident they don't have a timeline for rolling this out... and they're flying blind in the absence of learning from past lessons, as we've seen with Ontario Health atHome,' said Adil Shamji.
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Ontario looking to create interconnected primary care medical record system
The Ontario government is looking into creating a provincewide primary care medical record system that it says will enable a patient's family doctor to share their medical information with clinicians seamlessly.
Ontario plans to create connected primary care medical record system, minister says
Ontario is planning to create a provincewide electronic medical record system for primary care, more than two decades after the government first embarked on what became a scandal-plagued eHealth project.
Ontario plans to replace disjointed electronic medical records with its own system for family doctors
The province says plans are in the works to develop its own electronic medical records system for family doctors that will link the “disconnected” software that currently prevents physicians from sharing information with other health-care professionals.
The Toronto Star
Ontario looks to create connected primary care medical record system
TORONTO - Ontario is planning to create a provincewide electronic medical record system for primary care, more than two decades after the government first embarked on what became a scandal-plagued
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