September 16, 2020
SUDBURY – The Ontario government is providing an additional $14.75 million to increase access to mental health and addictions services across the province. This funding includes $3 million to expand virtual and online services, including addictions supports, Internet-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (iCBT) and an online peer support community for mental health.
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September 16, 2020
TORONTO – Loblaw Companies Ltd. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. will invest $75 million in Maple Corporation, a leading Canadian provider of virtual care services, in exchange for a minority stake in the company.
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September 16, 2020
OTTAWA – Joule is pleased to help boost innovation during the pandemic, supporting six recipients with its COVID-19 Innovation grant program. The grant program was launched in June to help physicians and medical learners scale up COVID-19 solutions.
The recipients distinguished themselves from nearly 300 applications, and are sharing $1 million, the largest grant offering provided by Joule since its inception in 2016.
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September 16, 2020
OTTAWA – To drive change in the culture of medicine and promote health and wellness in the medical profession, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has launched the CMA Physician Wellness Hub (the Hub), an online platform that provides key resources, virtual community as well as confidential support and counselling to physicians, learners and their families.
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September 16, 2020
DUSSELDORF, Germany – MEDICA 2020 and COMPAMED 2020, the world-leading information and communication platforms for the medical technology industry and supplier industry for the medical technology industry, will take place entirely online from 16 to 19 November.
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September 16, 2020
TORONTO – OnCall Health, a company that provides virtual care software to healthcare providers, announced it has raised US$6 million in Series A funding, bringing the company's total funding to date to over US$8 million. Base10 Partners led the round with participation from OnCall Health’s existing investors, including Ripple Ventures, Panache Ventures, and Stout Street Capital.
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September 16, 2020
VANCOUVER – CloudMD Software & Services Inc., a telehealth company that is modernizing the delivery of healthcare to patients, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of iMD Health Global Corp., an award-winning platform designed for healthcare professionals to better engage, inform and educate patients about their conditions and treatment plans. The platform features trusted, peer-reviewed healthcare resources.
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September 16, 2020
SURREY, BC – The Health and Technology District in Surrey, B.C. is partnering with Halo Health, Canada’s first angel network for healthcare, on a new collaboration to expand and support health-tech innovations and entrepreneurs. Halo Health is a not-for-profit angel network of entrepreneurial medical doctors, physicians, healthcare graduates and medical students supporting and scaling health-tech companies that build and strengthen the future of healthcare.
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September 16, 2020
BOSTON, Mass. – Everbridge, Inc., a global leader in critical event management (CEM), has announced its Autumn 2020 “COVID-19 R2R: The Road to Recovery” virtual leadership summit to be held October 14-15, 2020. Following the success of its first summit earlier this year, attended by more than 10,000 global executives, COVID-19 R2R: The Road to Recovery will feature marquee keynotes from American physician, presidential advisor and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Dr. Anthony Fauci (pictured), and renowned neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
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September 16, 2020
MONTREAL – Logibec Inc. has announced the acquisition of AnalysisWorks, a company based in Vancouver, BC. This transaction supports Logibec’s growth in Canada and consolidates its position in Performance Management and Analytics for healthcare.
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