February 24, 2021
OTTAWA – Calian Group Ltd., has extended its digital healthcare and cybersecurity offerings through the acquisition of Dapasoft Inc, a leading provider of innovative systems integration, cloud lifecycle management and cybersecurity solutions.
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February 24, 2021
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI – Prince Edward Island has selected Telus Health as the Electronic Medical Record provider for the province, giving healthcare providers a powerful new tool to help manage how they care for their patients. The EMR allows for safe and secure sharing of patient information between physician offices, hospitals, laboratories, and pharmacies, and provides a comprehensive digital view of a patient’s health history.
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February 24, 2021
VANCOUVER – While the rapid rise of virtual visits have made medical encounters safer and easier for both patients and medical professionals, they still have limitations. Chief among them is the difficulty of gauging a patient’s vital signs. For this reason, the University of British Columbia’s faculty of medicine is assessing the viability of a contactless sensor that could be integrated into virtual care platforms.
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February 24, 2021
TORONTO – University Health Network cardiologist Dr. Heather Ross (pictured) has launched a new clinical study, in collaboration with Apple, to test if remote monitoring with an Apple Watch can help with early identification of worsening heart failure.
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February 24, 2021
OTTAWA – Aetonix, a telehealth company whose aTouchAway videoconferencing system allows users to securely communicate with healthcare workers and family members at the touch of a screen, has been acquired by Trudell Medical, of London, Ont.
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February 24, 2021
HAMILTON and LONDON, Ont. – St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and Hamilton Health Sciences are partnering in a joint pilot initiative to offer virtual urgent care services to residents of southwestern Ontario. This service offers patients located outside these hospital communities the opportunity to access urgent care without leaving home.
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February 24, 2021
TORONTO – The Ontario government is providing Facedrive Inc. with $2.5 million through the Ontario Together Fund to accelerate the deployment of its wearable contact tracing technology, TraceSCAN. The system alerts users within a workplace who have been in close contact with individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19.
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February 24, 2021
MONTREAL – Intelerad Medical Systems, a leader in enterprise imaging solutions, announced that it has acquired Oakland, Calif.-based LUMEDX, a top provider of healthcare analytics and cardiovascular information systems (CVIS). The acquisition marks Intelerad’s third deal in just six months, extending a period of rapid growth for the company. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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February 24, 2021
KINGSTON, ON – Novari Health is pleased to announce Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital (OSMH) is implementing the company’s surgical wait list management and eBooking technology.
The Novari ATC technology is being provided as software-as-a-service (SaaS) to the hospital and all surgical offices. The system will provide surgeons and their office staff with access to a standardized electronic wait list management system and the ability to electronically coordinate the scheduling of surgeries and procedures with the hospital.
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February 24, 2021
FREDERICTON – A report released by New Brunswick’s Auditor General, Kim Adair-MacPherson (pictured), says the province’s program to computerize the offices of physicians performed poorly. After eight years (2012-2019) and over $26 million invested, less than half of eligible doctors adopted the provincial system.
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