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Chris Hobson

Dr. Chris Hobson is a former family physician with 15 years of experience and the chief medical officer at Orion Health, a global provider of health information technology. He is a recent nominee to Digital Health Canada’s board of directors.

To fix a disconnected health-care system, Ontario must tackle interoperability head on

Opinion | BY CHRIS HOBSON | March 18, 2019
The Ontario government, headed by Premier Doug Ford, announced recently that it is consolidating local and provincial health organizations to create a central super agency, designed to end silos and fix a disconnected system. The system is fragmented for many reasons. A lack of data and information sharing between health-care providers is a persistent problem that has been resistant to change, writes Chris Hobson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHRIS HOBSON | March 18, 2019
Opinion | BY CHRIS HOBSON | March 18, 2019
The Ontario government, headed by Premier Doug Ford, announced recently that it is consolidating local and provincial health organizations to create a central super agency, designed to end silos and fix a disconnected system. The system is fragmented for many reasons. A lack of data and information sharing between health-care providers is a persistent problem that has been resistant to change, writes Chris Hobson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHRIS HOBSON | March 18, 2019
The Ontario government, headed by Premier Doug Ford, announced recently that it is consolidating local and provincial health organizations to create a central super agency, designed to end silos and fix a disconnected system. The system is fragmented for many reasons. A lack of data and information sharing between health-care providers is a persistent problem that has been resistant to change, writes Chris Hobson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHRIS HOBSON | March 18, 2019
Opinion | BY CHRIS HOBSON | March 18, 2019
The Ontario government, headed by Premier Doug Ford, announced recently that it is consolidating local and provincial health organizations to create a central super agency, designed to end silos and fix a disconnected system. The system is fragmented for many reasons. A lack of data and information sharing between health-care providers is a persistent problem that has been resistant to change, writes Chris Hobson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade