Between April 18 and May 7, 2024, Dr. Omar Afandi was found to have accessed the personal health information of 146 patients from an EMR system shared with four hospitals, offering circumcision services to newborns.
By integrating automated pre-visit questionnaires, collaborative workflows, and AI-assisted documentation, a Toronto FP successfully reduced her admin burden.
The headlines seem mostly to be dealing with the fact that she found numerous AI Scribe generated reports had errors. However, to my mind, that’s not the real story.
Clinics and digital health experts say forcing a single, province-wide EMR would be catastrophic and probably isn’t what is coming – but why ministry mum?
When it comes to diagnostic test results, patient access to information has expanded rapidly. Responsibility for interpreting and acting on that information has not expanded in the same way.
The government says the new platform will enable clinicians to receive real-time alerts, avoid duplicate tests, better coordinate care and improve patient safety.
Bill 40, also known as An Act Respecting Health Quality and Patient Safety, aims to strengthen quality reviews after serious patient safety incidents, enhance disclosures to patients and improve data collection.
