Companies

TORONTO – Titan Medical Inc., a medical device company focused on the design and development of single-port robotic surgical technologies, announced that it has entered into a development and license agreement with Medtronic to further the development of robotic assisted surgical technologies. Medtronic will pay up to US $31 million to Titan Medical for the licensing of various Titan technologies. Read More

CARY, N.C. and REDMOND, Wash. – Microsoft Corp. and SAS announced an extensive technology and go-to-market strategic partnership. The two companies will enable customers to run their SAS workloads in the cloud, expanding their business solutions and unlocking critical value from their digital transformation initiatives. Read More

WINNIPEG – Juvonno has announced its integration with Physitrack, a world-leader in virtual care and patient engagement. The partnership not only opens new doors for how Juvonno users can interact with their patients, but also provides patients with advanced tools that enable them to better adhere to their health programmes. Read More

THORNHILL, ON – TeleSense Canada is partnering with iMD Health Global to make patient education available in its virtual clinical environment. iMD Health’s wealth of resources covering thousands of medical topics is the perfect complement to TeleSense Canada’s telemedicine platform. This partnership is imperative for the health and wellbeing of Canadians, who desperately need a dependable source of medical information. Read More

VANCOUVER – WELL Health Technologies Corp. has closed the acquisition of Indivica Inc., whereby it has acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Indivica. With the acquisition, WELL expands its EMR services footprint to approximately 1,900 primary health medical clinics and 10,000 physicians across Canada. Read More

VANCOUVER – Applied Informatics for Health Society (AIHS), creator of the #1 rated EMR MOIS, has changed its legal name to Bright Health Solutions Society and will be commonly known as Bright Health going forward. Read More

TORONTO – ThoughtWire and PointClickCare Technologies announced they have been named as recipients of Microsoft Corp.’s 2020 Health Innovation Awards. Presented annually, the awards recognize health organizations and their technology solution partners for using Microsoft technology in innovative ways to deliver better experiences, insights and care. Read More

TORONTO – Celestica Inc., a leader in design, manufacturing and supply chain solutions for the world’s most innovative companies, announced that it has won a program to build 7,500 ventilators for StarFish Medical Inc. – a Canadian medical device company – at Celestica’s operation in Newmarket, Ontario. Read More

VANCOUVER – WELL Health Technologies Corp. (WELL), a company focused on consolidating and modernizing clinical and digital assets within the primary healthcare sector, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with McMaster University’s Department of Family Medicine (McMaster) authorizing WELL to use the OSCAR brand in perpetuity, including exclusive use of OSCAR Pro, OSCAR Professional and OSCAR McMaster Professional Edition. Read More

WATERLOO REGION, ON – The Canadian Shield, a Waterloo Region-based Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) manufacturer, announced that Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of the Government of Canada, awarded it a contract to manufacture 10 million units of its reusable face shields for healthcare providers and essential workers across Canada. Read More