TORONTO – According to a recent survey conducted for Canada Health Infoway and the Canadian Medical Association, almost all Canadian physicians say they will continue to use virtual care after the pandemic, and 64 percent say they will maintain or increase their use.
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SASKATOON – As the province of Saskatchewan continues to reopen, a text-based service for the province is enabling people to contact a wide variety of mental health and wellness supports. The service, called Be SaskWell, is aimed at helping people with anxieties that have emerged during the COVID-19 crisis, and which may have deepened as restrictions are lifted.
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VICTORIA, BC – HealthLinkBC has awarded the 8-1-1 telehealth pharmacist services to North West Telepharmacy Solutions (NTS), the incumbent provider since 2013. Residents of British Columbia can speak to a telehealth pharmacist every evening from 5 pm to 9 am Pacific Time, every day of the year, to answer medication-related questions (a time when the local community pharmacies are often closed).
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MARKHAM, Ont. – ForaHealthyMe Intelligent Virtual Care Solutions has announced the availability of its AI-enabled tele-rehab and remote patient monitoring (RPM) solution in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure.
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NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – Cloud DX, a leading Canadian-based North American provider of virtual care and remote patient monitoring solutions is pleased to announce the deployment of its Connected Health Kit at Wellness Suites Developments. The initiative incorporates remote patient monitoring as part of an overarching wellness initiative within the 97-suite luxury, wellness-themed condominium development aimed at sophisticated baby boomers age 65+.
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WATERLOO, Ont. – Cloud DX, a leading Canadian provider of virtual care and remote patient monitoring solutions, has announced a new partnership with the Lung Health Foundation to supply remote patient monitoring (RPM) kits and services in the Province of Ontario. The Lung Health Foundation intends to deploy Cloud DX Connected Health through Ontario-based hospital partners to improve care for patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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As more health institutions gear up for a virtual future by embracing artificial intelligence, robotics and telemedicine, practitioners say their roles will inevitably change along with technology upgrades. “The digital representation of our work has already arrived,” said Dr. Lee Schwamm, vice-president, Virtual Care at Mass General Brigham and director of TeleHealth at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. “If you were to walk around a typical hospital, you would see doctors, nurses and everyone on a phone or computer all day long.”
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TORONTO – TELUS Health, Canada’s largest health IT company and the leading provider of virtual care across the country, today introduced TELUS Health MyCare following the recent acquisition of Babylon Health Canada. Previously known as Babylon by TELUS Health, TELUS Health MyCare is an important evolution of virtual care for Canadians offering a robust suite of health and wellbeing services and new and improved features.
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TORONTO – The Ontario government is investing more than $900,000 in free virtual training and work experience for 50 students who want to start careers in science or engineering. This project will focus on helping underrepresented groups including women, persons with disabilities, racialized individuals, and Indigenous peoples, who have been disproportionally impacted by COVID-19.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – Belong.Life, developer of social and professional networks for managing and navigating diseases, and the creator of the world’s largest social network for cancer patients, announced the expansion of the BelongMS app to include a French language option for the French-speaking Canadian community.
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