🇨🇦🏥 CANADA LAUNCHES MAJOR HEALTHCARE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION WITH BILL S-5 🔹...

🇨🇦🏥 CANADA LAUNCHES MAJOR HEALTHCARE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION WITH BILL S-5 🔹 Connected Care for Canadians Act reintroduced February 4 — mandates interoperability across health IT systems 🎯 🔹 All healthcare tech vendors must enable secure electronic health information exchange 📊 🔹 Data blocking practices banned with administrative penalties enforcing compliance ⚡ 🔹 Provinces can impose additional requirements unless they have similar laws in place 🗳️ 🔹 Rural physicians highlight benefits for cross-province data exchange reducing duplicate testing 🏛️ Breaking down data silos to enhance patient safety while supporting AI innovation 📲🇨🇦 #CanadaNews #healthcare @canada