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Ontario opposition parties are taking aim at Liberals and a bungled e-Health program that left doctors in the dark, patients at risk and tax dollars spent for naught.

Its another example of how wasteful the government is, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said.

The program was supposed to enable hospitals in Southwestern Ontario to reduce medical errors and improve care by instantly sending electronic discharge records to family doctors.

But five years and millions of tax dollars after the program was launched, the records of two-thirds of patients are still taking more than 48 hours to get to their doctors. Such delays compromise care and increase the risk of error, family doctors say.

E-Health has been a colossal failure, said Kitchener-Conestoga Conservative MPP Michael Harris.

Liberals pushed through programs so quickly, They forgot to put standards in place, he said Tuesday.

Doctors concerns are showing in a troubling trend: A growing number of patients return to hospital less than 30 days after they were discharged.

The problem with the Southwest Physician Office Interface to Regional Electronic Medical Record System SPIRE for short led those who dole out health-care dollars in the region to insist each hospital report how well or poorly they are at getting discharge records to family doctors.

Asked about problems with SPIRE, Health Minister Deb Matthews praised it and encourages its use.

We are committed to supporting a seamless transition for patients as they go from hospital to the community. Thats why tools like SPIRE are important they help physicians share information about patients quickly, resulting in more appropriate care in the community, she wrote in an email to The Free Press.

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Liberals under fire for e-Health woes

By Kevin Werner, News Staff

The Liberals have jumped on the funding bus to pay for Hamiltons transit needs, says the premier.

Kathleen Wynne said during a campaign stop at Stoney Creeks Mohawk College campus May 12, the Liberals will provide the city will 100 per cent of the base funding for a light-rail transit system. She also added the Liberals will provide the base funding to any transit system that the city supports.

We will work with the municipality of Hamilton to provide the base funding, Wynne told reporters. Not only (for) the LRT, but the integrated transit system. We want to make sure GO and the bus rapid transit and the LRT all work together.

When asked again if the Liberals are committed to 100 per cent funding, Wynne responded the base funding, absolutely.

Some Hamilton councillors last week were delighted that the Liberals had taken to Twitter and announced the 100 per cent funding for the city. But they were confused the premier and Transportation Minister Glen Murray had made the announcement on the social media site rather than in a more formal announcement to provide better clarity.

In the Liberals transit funding announced in their failed May 1 budget, the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area would receive $15 billion, while the rest of the province would share about $14 billion. But at the time of the announcement it was unclear how much of the funding would be provided to Hamilton.

Councillors have backed the 14-km light-rail transit system from McMaster University to Eastgate Square but only if the provincial government funds 100 per cent of the capital cost, estimated so far to be over $800 million. Last week, though, some councillors were having second thoughts about an LRT system. Some suggested there should be a review done on bus rapid transit, which is less expensive than LRT, and could prove to be less disruptive to businesses and the public. Before adopting the LRT system contained in the citys Rapid Ready transportation document early last year, councillors had debated the merits of LRT and BRT for about three years.

NDP leader Andrea Horwath said recently she supported LRT, and hoped council didnt back down from its initial support.

During an interview with Hamilton Community News Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak said he didnt think a Tory government would provide money to the city for a LRT system.

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