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My Father’s Final Weeks Revealed Why Canadian Healthcare Needs AI
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The author argues that Canada should connect patient records across care providers and use artificial intelligence to help patients, families and health workers access information and coordinate care. Drawing on his father’s cancer treatment in Quebec, he describes families having to carry records between doctors and keep track of instructions. He proposes tools such as appointment reminders and patient call systems, while noting that any savings estimates in the piece are hypothetical.