We were talking earlier about transitioning the medical care of veterans to primary care providers in the community, particularly to family doctors. We talked about this yesterday in the health committee. There needs to be an investment in the health community for a more readily accessible and transferable form of medical record-keeping, particularly with electronic medical records.
There's great disparity across the country and even within health regions. I know that in my own city of Winnipeg, different hospitals have different medical records. Some are still using paper and illegible handwritten notes. Is any work being done on making the medical records of active service personnel and veterans electronic, and in a form that can be transmitted, or that can be readily transferred to primary care providers and emergency departments, should they present?