SASKATOON – The provincial Crown corporation eHealth has cut 45 contract workers, although some will be rehired as regular fulltime employees.
The agency is responsible for Saskatchewan’s initiative on electronic health records.
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The head of eHealth, Susan Antosh, says the contract cuts were needed because the agency hopes to find savings of about $6 million in order to stay within its budget.
The contracts cut represent about 15 per cent of the total number of people working at the agency.
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