Mark Lowey

Canada needs a national procurement market for digital health to address health care crisis and rising costs

Mark Lowey
March 4, 2026

Canada's fragmented health technology procurement hamstrings innovation and inflates health care costs, says a new Council for Canadian Innovators report co-authored by Laurent Carbonneau and Claire Wilson. A national strategic procurement market for digital health and strategic 'Buy Canadian' policies could improve patient outcome, unlock innovation, increase productivity, and boost domestic growth, according to their report.

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Organizations:
AlayaCare, British Columbia, CAN Health Network, Canada Health Infoway, CIUSS du Nord-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, Council for Canadian Innovators, National Health Service, Nova Scotia, OECD, Ontario Health, Petal Health, Think Research, Trillium Health Partners, and WELL Health
People:
Claire Wilson, Laurent Carbonneau, and Patrick Searle
Topics:
data, digital health, health care costs, health data, health records, health technologies, innovation, interoperability, patient outcomes, pilot projects, and procurement

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