Comment 86394

By Mogadon Megalodon (anonymous) | Posted February 16, 2013 at 09:25:27 in reply to Comment 86384

Not entirely. The system's nepotistic/incestuous tendering processes (which favour contractors with public sector experience) don't improve the outcome, either.

"Although we acknowledge that the highly technical nature of the EHR initiative necessitates some degree of specialist consulting advice, the fact that the development of an EHR had been on the government’s agenda as far back as the early 2000s caused us to question the heavy, and in some cases almost total, reliance on consultants. This reliance continued to increase over time. This was particularly the case at the Ministry, which in 2007 consolidated all of its eHealth projects into an eHealth Program Branch. By 2008, the Branch was engaging more than 300 consultants compared to fewer than 30 full-time ministry employees—even a number of senior management positions were held by consultants. Consultants were not only managing other consultants but also at times had the authority to hire more consultants, sometimes from their own firm."

http://www.auditor.on.ca/en/reports_en/ehealth_en.pdf

....

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/government-loses-personal-info-of-thousands/article6780059/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/privacy-commissioner-deeply-disturbed-by-election-ontarios-handling-of-voter-data/article4452259/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/police-probing-whether-serviceontario-security-violations-hit-debit-and-credit-cards/article4238222/

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2010/11/01/online_glitch_led_to_ontario_licence_fraud.html

http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/2009/06/11/ehealth_scandal_reaches_premiers_inner_circle.html

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