Companies

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. Read More

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. Read More

KITCHENER, Ont. – FedDev Ontario announced an investment of $500,000 for Cloud DX Inc. (Cloud DX), a medical technology company that delivers Remote Patient Monitoring solutions for global healthcare providers. Read More

VANCOUVER – Empower Clinics Inc., an integrated healthcare organization with medical centres, telemedicine platforms and diagnostic labs, has announced a partnership with Rexall Pharmacy Group to launch the first of multiple integrated healthcare centres within Rexall pharmacies. The rollout is to start in Ontario. Read More

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Based on its recent analysis of the global healthcare command centre market, Frost & Sullivan has recognized GE Healthcare with the 2020 Global Company of the Year Award. GE Healthcare enables customers to develop virtual or physical command centres that support single departments, hospitals, health systems, and even states or regions. While competitors typically leverage their own solutions as the core of their offering, GE Healthcare works with hospitals’ existing technology solutions and source systems, integrating and analyzing data from all of them to drive greater efficiencies, as well as additional outcomes. Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. and OTTAWA – emids, a leader in digital engineering and transformation solutions to the healthcare and life sciences industry, announced it has acquired software engineering firm Macadamian. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. emids delivers complex solutions to its clients using its deep engineering and applications capabilities. The addition of Macadamian’s design-first capabilities will help both emids and Macadamian customers work with a single partner that offers skills in domain, design and engineering. Read More

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – KLAS published its 2021 Best in KLAS Global (Non-US) report, which highlights the research company’s top performing acute care EMR, PACS, and digital pathology vendors in 2020, broken out by global region. The regional category winner for global acute EMR in Canada was the Epic EpicCare Inpatient EMR. The regional winner for PACS in Canada was the Sectra PACS. Read More

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Medical Imaging IT company Sectra Canada Inc. announced new additions to the management team following a year of amplified demand for products and services across the country. The new leadership team is focused on keeping Sectra’s momentum and expanding its reach across the country. “We want to progress in a way that is smart and manageable,” says Nader Soltani, President of Sectra Canada, “With our management team complete and in place, we can continue recruiting the best people and take on new opportunities to improve care delivery for the Canadian medical imaging community.” Read More

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Rexall has announced a new direct to consumer partnership with Uber Eats, available at 200 Rexall locations across Canada. Together, Rexall and Uber Eats will give customers access to over 800 quality products through the Uber Eats mobile or desktop app, with items ranging from health, personal care, household, cleaning, beauty, cosmetics, baby supplies and more. Read More

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands – Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Capsule Technologies, Inc. for $635 million (US). Capsule is a provider of medical device integration and data technologies for hospitals and healthcare organizations. Read More