Telehealth

TORONTO – Maple, one of Canada’s leading virtual care providers, has announced an expansion into the delivery of personalized, virtual mental health support. Mind by Maple is a new solution that provides employees with holistic mental healthcare, including self-service and healthcare provider-guided solutions to improve their mental health and well-being. Read More

NEW YORK – Grin, a comprehensive digital orthodontic platform that provides orthodontic solutions in partnership with trusted local doctors, announced that their teledental teeth-straightening system is now available with local orthodontists across Canada. The Grin experience consists of the Grin App, Grin Scope, and Grin Scope mini; all of which are FDA listed medical devices and certified through Health Canada. Read More

TORONTO – The Hospital for Sick Children’s (SickKids) critical care teams went live in June with a joint, neonatal-paediatric critical care consulting network that makes use of video visits. Health Sciences North, in Sudbury, became the first of six partner hospitals that will virtually connect with SickKids, serving as a model that could be widely used for acute consultation and ongoing virtual-care support in paediatrics. Read More

DEEP RIVER, Ont. – NTS Virtual Health Solutions has assisted 13 hospitals in Northern Ontario simultaneously implement both the PowerGridRx Telepharmacy platform and after-hours/weekend telepharmacy services. The PowerGridRx platform allows the pharmacy team to efficiently monitor all new medication orders, both scans of written orders and computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE), within a centralized queue. Read More

ST. JOHN’S, NL – The government of Canada has announced an investment of over $4.5 million to expand virtual healthcare services in Newfoundland and Labrador. Under the agreement, the funds will be invested based on agreed-upon pan-Canadian priorities for accelerating virtual telemedicine, which has been instrumental for delivering care during the pandemic and are helping to improve access to much needed services. Read More

TORONTO – Mednow Inc., Canada’s on-demand virtual pharmacy, is pleased to announce the company has acquired Medvisit for $1.3 million in cash upon closing and a conditional earn-out of up to $680,000, subject to profitability milestones. Medvisit is Canada’s largest and longest-standing doctor house call service, having been in operation for over 30 years. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

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). Read More