November 15, 2023
HALIFAX – Sparrow Bioacoustics has been honored with winning the Best Tech Award at the annual Tech Forward 2023 Awards. The accolade celebrates Sparrow Bioacoustics’ revolutionary Stethophone, the first-ever FDA-cleared smartphone stethoscope.
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November 1, 2023
EDMONTON – My Viva Inc., a leading digital health provider, and LMC Healthcare, a renowned provider of comprehensive diabetes and cardio-metabolic care, announce a collaboration to implement an LMC-specific instance of the cutting-edge My Viva Plan to support patients living with diabetes.
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September 20, 2023
TORONTO – The Digital Health Drug Repository (DHDR) has been successfully deployed to more than 6,000 clinicians across Ontario who use OMD-certified electronic medical record (EMR) systems. These clinicians now have secure and real-time access from within their EMR to comprehensive dispensed patient information for drugs covered by the Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB) program and the Narcotics Monitoring System.
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July 19, 2023
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI – Officials say 90 per cent of family practitioners in PEI are now using an electronic patient record system to some degree, and 80 percent have been using the system for more than nine months. A recent survey showed that about 70 percent said it made their workflow more efficient, and they’re able to better co-ordinate patient care.
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June 21, 2023
TORONTO – Family physicians are increasingly burdened by the use of electronic medical records (EMR). But a new research project, funded with a $100,000 grant funded by T-CAIREM, FAFM, and College of Family Physicians of Canada could change this while improving patient care in the future.
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June 14, 2023
OTTAWA – An international survey shows that Canadian primary care physicians have closed the gap between Canada and other countries in using electronic medical records (EMRs) in their practices. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to increased workload among practitioners both in Canada and internationally.
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May 24, 2023
VANCOUVER – WELL Health Technologies Corp., a digital health company, announced it intends to acquire MCI Medical Clinics (Alberta) Inc. (MCI AB) from MCI Onehealth Technologies Inc. MCI AB owns and operates five primary care clinics in Calgary, Alberta.
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May 3, 2023
VANCOUVER – Dr.Bill, a premium solution that simplifies the billing and payment process for Canadian physicians, announced it is making a $150,000 donation to the Ontario Medical Foundation (OMF). The donation will fund research into solutions that help reduce physician burnout, one of the barriers to equitable healthcare.
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May 1, 2023
In medicine, a great deal of communication still relies on fax, which is inefficient and can be unreliable. PrescribeIT facilitates direct, secure messaging between prescribers and the pharmacists. In this Q&A article, Dr. Soreya Dhanji, a family medicine physician in Toronto, shares her experience with how implementing PrescribeIT has reduced the administrative burden in her practice and improved continuity of care. Read More
February 8, 2023
HALIFAX – The Rounds, a Canadian healthcare tech startup, announced the successful close of its Series A round with two follow-on investments totaling $1.6 million CAD from Panoramic Ventures, an Atlanta-based venture capital firm, and Invest Nova Scotia. This brings the company’s total Series A round to $6.7 million. The Rounds’ flagship product – therounds.com – is a free, gated network designed to connect and collaborate with licensed healthcare professionals across North America.
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