Canadian health AI is governance-constrained, not technology-constrained.
- A 2026 review cited by Vector Institute found 50% of medical AI studies tested models on exam-style questions and only 5% on real-world clinical data. The gap is trust and oversight, not raw accuracy.
- Health Canada regulates AI as a medical device, but national post-market surveillance and performance dashboards remain aspirational. Safety is a shared responsibility the regulator cannot close alone.
- Physician adoption of administrative AI is running ahead of liability and accountability clarity (CMA survey data, 2024).
The winning vendor is the one that makes AI provable, local, and auditable. That is the problem Oction is built to solve.
Sources: Vector Institute Toolkit v2.0; Health Canada AI-enabled medical device guidance (2024); CMA National Physician Health Survey (2024).