Ontario Conservative Leader John Tory says the province is falling behind in the push for patient records to be converted into computer files.
Tory contends Ontario is in the dark ages and is not using millions in federal funding to make the switch to e-health records.
He said Tuesday during a press conference that there is more information recoded electronically ever time you order a pizza than when you visit a hospital in the province.
Tory says digitizing the province's health records will be a cornerstone of his campaign and has committed to spending $500 million to establish the new system.
"This means that when one health care provider requires information such as doctor's notes, or an x-ray or lab results for a given child, they can get those results right at their finger tips in a secure and confidential format," Tory said.
Tory says in four other provinces, doctors are able to electronically capture a patient's MRI and download it from anywhere in the province.
He said the McGuinty government has invested $458 million into building an ehealth system since 2002, but little progress has been made.
Both PEI and Alberta are expected to convert its patient records by 2008.
"There is a word for what happens when spending goes up and the results stay the same, the word is waste," former health minister Elizabeth Whitmer said Tuesday.
With a report from CTV's Paul Bliss
