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Kate Heartfield expressed the opinion shared emphatically by my late husband, Dr. Gordon E. Riddle, family physician, past president of the Ontario College of Family Physicians, assistant professor at the University of Ottawa and the Northern School of Medicine, and early adopter of and advocate for electronic medical records (EMR).
How can it be that at the touch of a screen, your local pizza shop knows your details and ordering history and can fill your order in seconds but a doctor in the hospital doesnât have your medical history because itâs on a piece of paper in an office?