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CanadaÕs electronic health record (EHR) projects increased by 12 per cent last year and have quadrupled since 2004, announced Richard Alvarez, President and CEO of Canada Health Infoway (Infoway). ÒCanadians want their medical information available electronically to the clinicians who care for them,Ó said Alvarez. ÒAnd thatÕs starting to happen in communities across Canada. Collaboration among governments is at an all-time high and with continued federal funding, we are well on our way to providing every Canadian with an electronic health record by 2016.Ó Working with its federal, provincial and territorial partners, Infoway is quickening the pace of development and implementation of electronic health records. Infoway approved $311.5 million in new EHR investments in 2007-08, bringing the total cumulative value of its investments to $1.457 billion or 89 per cent of InfowayÕs $1.6 billion in capitalization by the federal government. The investment brings the total number of projects underway to 254, representing a four-fold increase from the 53 projects that were underway in 2004. ÒThe electronic health record projects the Government of Canada is investing in are coming alive, bringing tangible results to Canadians and the clinicians who care for them,Ó said Tony Clement, Federal Minister of Health.
