Telehealth

OTTAWA – CHEO patients, their families and clinicians now have access to language interpreters, any time of day, seven days a week – all by app in often less than 20 seconds. CHEO is the first pediatric hospital in Canada to offer faster access to language interpreters using Voyce, a company that provides on-demand language interpretation service for healthcare patients. Read More

TORONTO – Mednow Inc., Canada’s on-demand virtual pharmacy, has launched in Winnipeg to serve the province of Manitoba. This Canadian health-tech company, founded by pharmacists, offers unlimited virtual pharmacist consults, fast, free medication delivery, and advanced technology to help address medication non-adherence – a problem that can result in the worsening of a patient’s condition, hospitalization or emergency room visits. Read More

TRURO, N.S. – Nova Scotia Health is testing a virtual care option delivered by emergency department physicians and staff at the Colchester East Hants Health Centre. Known as VirtualEmergencyNS, this pilot program is intended to reduce wait times for Nova Scotians visiting the emergency department with health concerns that can be appropriately treated through a virtual visit. To date, more than 175 patients have received virtual care from one of the eight participating doctors. Read More

MONTREAL – Dialogue Health Technologies Inc., one of Canada’s premier virtual care and wellness platforms, is launching Mental Health+ to support mental health challenges seen across Canada. Building on the success of its Stress Management and Well-being and internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (“iCBT”) programs, Mental Health+ streamlines Dialogue’s existing mental health offerings. Read More

TORONTO – UniDoc Health is now testing its virtual care kiosks in three pharmacies in Ontario, as part of a deal with Ontario’s OnPharm-United, an organization for independent pharmacies. UniDoc’s platform is a “cube” that acts as a remote health clinic. It enables real-time, remote doctor and patient engagement with full diagnostic capabilities, replacing the need for a walk-in clinic visit. Read More

MONTREAL – When trauma surgeon Dr. Dan Deckelbaum was contacted by colleagues in Ukraine and asked to provide teaching materials in an effort to respond to urgent healthcare needs, he quickly jumped into action. Read More

MONTREAL – After COVID-19 patients, it’s now the transplant recipients’ turn to take advantage of remote monitoring, thanks to the CHUM and CareSimple. Since the beginning of the pandemic, some 75 COVID-19 patients hospitalized at the CHUM have benefited from remote monitoring when they return home thanks to the CareSimple remote monitoring service. Many others will benefit as the CHUM and CareSimple extend the remote monitoring service to liver and kidney transplant recipients. Read More

KITCHENER, Ont. – Cloud DX, a leading Virtual Care platform, and its partner Medtronic Canada, signed their first joint Remote Patient Monitoring contract. The contract will support Virtual Care delivery at St. Mary’s General Hospital, in Kitchener, Ont., and will commence with an initial deployment for the hospital’s COPD Activation Program. Read More