Telehealth

EDMONTON – A new program, Virtual MD, can now connect Health Link callers by phone or video directly to physicians. The pilot reflects Alberta Health Services’ (AHS) progress in finding innovative ways to better support the care of Albertans in their home communities. Read More

HALIFAX – Nova Scotia Health’s Innovation Hub has launched a six-month pilot program with Virtual Hallway, a Nova Scotian company that connects primary care providers with specialists to improve patient access to specialist care. Virtual Hallway aims to improve patient access to specialist care by facilitating rapid specialist phone consults for family doctors and nurse practitioners while also saving time and effort. Read More

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Abbott has announced the Health Canada licencing of NeuroSphere Virtual Clinic, a remote programming technology that is the first of its kind in Canada. According to the company, it has the potential to increase access to optimal treatment for patients living with chronic pain, Parkinson’s disease, or essential tremors who might otherwise have difficulty receiving care from their healthcare provider due to location or being unable to travel to seek care. Read More

WINNIPEG – The governments of Canada and Manitoba released a Virtual Care Action Plan, which outlines how Manitoba will use the $7 million federal investment through the Canada-Manitoba Virtual Care Agreement to develop and improve virtual healthcare initiatives for Manitobans. Read More

VANCOUVER – A B.C. company is among the winners of the World Economic Forum’s Youth Mental Challenge, which is run by Salesforce and UNICEF. Curatio, in partnership with Ontario-based company, OPTT, is one of 14 winners who were chosen to create innovative solutions to address youth mental health. Read More

MARSEILLE, France – Enovacom, the Orange Business Services healthcare subsidiary, has announced the acquisition of Exelus, the French leader in emergency and day to day telemedicine. Exelus owns the mobile telemedicine solution Nomadeec. Nomadeec provides healthcare professionals with state-of-the-art tools to remotely carry out scheduled consultations, assessments, and care appointments, as well as emergency telemedicine (triage over telephone, video and electronic Patient Care Record). Read More

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