Physician IT

OTTAWA - The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has developed Physician Engagement Guidelines to support industry, government and other organizations in designing tools and solutions for - and with - physicians. We are looking for five (5) organizations to share feedback on the draft guidelines. Read More

TORONTO - Canadian physicians lose nearly 20 million hours a year to paperwork. This well-known bottleneck drives burnout and drains capacity from an already strained health system. A new report from AI Care Partner Heidi shows what happens when that burden is lifted. Read More

VANCOUVER - Clinicians using Canadian Accuro EMR can now access Heidi’s AI scribe now fully integrated into Accuro. This integration allows providers to complete their patient visit documentation using AI while staying within their existing Accuro workflows. Read More

SAINT JOHN, NB – A Saint John emergency physician has set up an after-hours clinic in Rothesay as a laboratory for preventative healthcare – designed to work out the best ways to deliver it, and to feed what works back to family-practice and hospital colleagues across the province. Read More

TORONTO - Ava Industries (Ava), the Canadian electronic medical record (EMR) company built by physicians for physicians, has been named “Best Electronic Health Record Service” in the 2026 MedTech Breakthrough Awards program, a global recognition platform honouring innovation in digital health and medical technology. Read More

TORONTO – A report released this week by Ontario’s auditor general has been making waves with findings of hallucinations and inaccuracies in the reporting done by AI scribes used in doctors’ offices. The critique of AI scribes was part of a wider study of AI usage across the provincial public service. Read More

SAN ANTONIO, Tx. - Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that Heidi has been recognized with the 2026 North America Technology Innovation Leadership Recognition in the Artificial Intelligence Medical Scribe industry for its outstanding achievements in innovation, strategy execution, and clinician impact. Read More

TORONTO - Ontario’s doctors are calling on the provincial government to modernize the province’s outdated OHIP billing system, using innovative solutions like AI to reduce red tape and ensure patients can access the care they need. Read More

VANCOUVER - Arya Health , a leading provider of EMR solutions for healthcare administration and clinical workflows, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire HippoAI, a clinical decision support platform powered by advanced artificial intelligence. Read More