TORONTO – Right Health, a Toronto-based healthcare company, has announced the acquisition of Akira Medical, an on-demand mobile healthcare platform that provides Canadians with instant access to healthcare practitioners via text and video chat.
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SEATTLE – Amazon has started a secret skunkworks lab dedicated to opportunities in healthcare, including new areas such as electronic medical records and telemedicine. Amazon has dubbed this stealth team 1492, which appears to be a reference to the year Columbus first landed in the Americas.
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TORONTO – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra has established a new, direct sales operation entitled Sectra Canada Inc. An increased local presence will enable Sectra to focus and tailor its offerings to the specific workflow requirements of the Canadian market. The office will be located in Toronto and is expected to be operational by September 2017.
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BURLINGTON, Ont. – Ontario based healthcare shared services organization Mohawk Shared Services Inc., and national healthcare group purchasing organization Medbuy Corporation have announced the completion of their merger.
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TORONTO – Whether you participate as an exhibitor or sponsor, being a part of HealthAchieve is a powerful investment to make for your organization in 2017. Taking place this November 6 & 7 in Toronto, HealthAchieve offers vendors the opportunity to interact with buyers and influencers from Ontario’s healthcare industry – including executives, nurses, IT directors – all in one place.
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OAKVILLE, Ont. – Siemens Healthineers plans to expand its Population Health Management (PHM) portfolio with the acquisition of Medicalis Corporation, based in San Francisco and Kitchener, Ontario. Medicalis is a leading provider of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Solutions at the point of order entry, Imaging Workflow (IW) management, and Referral Management (RM).
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FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, has announced adoption of Windows 10 Internet of Things (IoT) operating system (OS) for its enterprise-wide Pyxis ES System. The new OS provides long-term support and enhanced cybersecurity for health systems’ automated dispensing and medication management solutions.
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WATERLOO, Ont. – BlackBerry Ltd., a global software leader in securing, connecting and mobilizing enterprises, unveiled its mobile-native approach to security with the launch of a comprehensive platform designed for the Enterprise of Things.
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Vital Images, Inc., a Minneapolis-based enterprise medical imaging and informatics company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Karos Health, an innovative healthcare informatics company located in Waterloo, Ont.
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Germany’s Siemens plans a public listing of its US$15 billion healthcare business, which it recently re-branded as Siemens Healthineers. The news lifted the company’s shares to a 16-year high.
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