Ontario Health Minister David Caplan, on Sunday, said that he was revoking Kramer's appointment upon the request of eHealth Ontario's board of directors. Caplan placed Ron Sapsford, deputy Minister of Health and Long-Term Care as acting eHealth Ontario president and CEO until an interim eHealth chief is found. He said the Kramer's departure was "an important step to restore public confidence in the agency and its mandate of modernizing our health care system."

Ontario's electronic health records program has been lagging behind those of other Canadian provinces. Canada Health Infoway reports that by the end of 2010, Prince Edward Island, Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Quebec and British Columbia will have the basic infrastructure for delivering e-health records.

Kramer, who was previously vice-president of Cancer Care Ontario, attracted media attention a few months into her job when she received a $114,000 bonus in March after sending a memo to staff that they will be receiving reduced bonuses for the year.

Last month the government broadcast station CBC News also reported that the health agency doled out more than $4.8 million in contracts within the first four months of its creation in September 2008 without a public bidding process.

Consultants reportedly received millions of dollars in compensation for, among other things, watching a TV program about electronic health records, reading the New York Times, sending out e-mail messages, making cell phone calls and conversations on the subway.