Public Sector eHealth Ontario pulls diabetes registry contract Dave Webb @itworldca Published: September 19th, 2012eHealth Ontario’s tech woes never seems to cease.The latest wrinkle in the effort to computerize and connect the province’s disparate health care systems is the cancellation of a $46.2 -million contract with consulting firm CGI to create and manage a diabetes registry for the province. http://video.itworldcanada.com/?bcpid=7044989001&bctid=49644346001 Video: Ontario Auditor General Jim McCarter discusses his 2009 report slamming lack of spending accountability at eHealth Ontario with IT World Canada’s Dave Webb eHealth Ontario CEO Greg Reed — a former consultant who took over at eHealth after a spending scandal unseated former CEO Sarah Kramer in 2009 — cited repeatedly missed development deadlines as one reason for the termination of the contract. RELATED CONTENTeHealth Ontario: The Whole StoryCGI scores $46 million for Ontario’s diabetes registry The diabetes registry project was a centrepiece of the eHealth plan to create a chronic disease management system. CGI was one of three companies shortlisted to submit proposals. eHealth Ontario awarded the contract to CGI in August 2010.Read the full article.Would you recommend this article?00 Thanks for taking the time to let us know what you think of this article! We'd love to hear your opinion about this or any other story you read in our publication. Click this link to send me a note →Jim Love, Chief Content Officer, IT World Canada Public Sector Ehealth ontario
