“Patients are understandably upset when they learn that I’m unable to directly access the records showing which vaccines they’ve had. It’s a frustration I share at having wasted both their time and mine. Not knowing also means postponing vaccine administration and increasing the cost to health plans. Everyone loses… The provinces and territories rely on outdated record keeping that’s siloed in clinics, pharmacies, hospitals and local public health units. These systems weren’t designed to share health information but to protect it, including from clinicians working outside those systems. Vaccine information is too often hidden from clinicians at a time it’s most needed, when a patient is being assessed in a clinic, urgent care setting or an emergency room.” — said Dr. Iris Gorfinkle, family physician and founder of PrimeHealth Clinical Research in Toronto, The Globe and Mail, May 6 2025
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