SAS Institute Inc & MEDICAL RECORDS

"SAS (pronounced "sass") once stood for "statistical analysis system," and began at North Carolina State University as a project to analyze agricultural research. As demand for such software grew, SAS was founded in 1976 to help all sorts of customers - from pharmaceutical companies and banks to academic and governmental entities. SAS – both the software and company – thrived throughout the next few decades. Development of the software attained new heights in the industry by being able to run across all platforms, using the multivendor architecture for which it is known today. While the scope of the company spread across the globe, the encouraging and innovative corporate culture remained the same. In 1988, SAS opened its physical operation in Canada. SAS (Canada) has many long-standing customer relationships and recently celebrated 25th anniversaries with RBC, Bell Canada, CIBC and BMO. SAS (Canada) employs both technical and vertical industry experts to ensure that our predictive and business intelligence solutions align and solve our customers’ business problems. Headquartered in Toronto, SAS (Canada ) employs more than 300 people across the country at its Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto offices. The SAS Canada headquarters at 280 King Street East" http://www.sas.com/offices/NA/canada/en/corporate/sas_canada.html OMA Economics Dept (Dr.B.KRALJ PhD + 9 staff) subscribe to SAS) Cost to provide SAS Statistical analysis system to all OMA members would be approx $300,000 then $100,000 yearly.(according to SAS). (Comment: this would give extra visual information value to OMA members' medical records and be a defence against the ease of CPSO-appointed OMA-member "PEER ASSESSORS" charging their colleagues with professional incompetence for so-called "poor record keeping". CPSO makes money forcing accused doctors to take Record Keeping Courses in Toronto at about$700 + travelling costs. (BTW the CPSO-appointed doctor who gave the lectures was recently charged by CPSO for improper Narcotic prescribing.)