Electronic Health Records coming to Quebec? Yes and No.

Quebec’s electronic records plan a ‘disaster,’ Barrette says | Montreal Gazette

“The way the code was written was not coordinated between applications. They are all stand-alones and there is not much common ground. I know that for a fact, because I was there,” Barrette said. 

• Accueil - Dossier de santé - Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux

Canada  is finally converting. Example: Electronic Health Records in Canada—An Overview of Federal and Provincial Audit Reports

Stunning: Estonia

Estonia is the first country in the world that has implemented a nationwide EHR system, registering virtually all residents' medical history from birth to death.^[178] It was launched on 17 December 2008 ^{[179 ]}Electronic health record - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Unexpected: Japan, slow to implement in small (less than 100 beds) centers. 

• www.med.or.jp/english/pdf/2007_05/399_404.pdf

Read the World Health Organization's study for each country: 

• WHO whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789241564168_eng.pdf?ua=1

The Money Pit: Top 100 EHR systems:

• EHR system capabilities [GRAPHIC] | Medical Economics

eHealth  CANADA: 

• Québec www.ictc-ctic.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ICTC_eHealthSitAnalysis_FR_04-09.pdf

Good enough for animals.

In veterinary medicine[edit]

In UK veterinary practice, the replace of paper recording systems with electronic methods of storing animal patient information escalated from the 1980s and the majority of clinics now use electronic medical records.