An Act respecting the interoperability of health information technology and to prohibit data blocking by health information technology vendors

An Act respecting the interoperability of health information technology and to prohibit data blocking by certain persons that provide electronic medical record services or digital health services. Tabled February 29, 2024. Requires electronic health-record (EHR) and other health-IT vendors operating in Canada to follow common interoperability data standards and prohibits them from charging patients or providers extra to access patient data (a practice known as 'data blocking'). Modelled on the United States 21st Century Cures Act provisions of 2016. Aimed at the problem of patient records being trapped inside a single vendor's system, especially when patients change providers or move between provinces. Sponsored by Mark Holland as Minister of Health; did not receive royal assent before the 2025 dissolution.

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