Telehealth

EDMONTON – Patients in central Alberta are participating in a home health monitoring technology trial. Wolf Creek, Drayton Valley, and Kalyna Country Primary Care Networks (PCNs) will be the first Central Zone PCNs to trial the technology for people with chronic health conditions, with potential to add more Central Zone PCNs in subsequent phases. Read More

GUELPH, Ont. – COVID-19 has presented a unique challenge for long-term care and retirement homes. As a leader in specialized geriatric services, St. Joseph’s Health Centre Guelph (SJHCG) is leading a project to implement virtual care in long-term care (LTC) and retirement homes across the Waterloo Wellington region. Read More

VANCOUVER – WELL Health Technologies Corp. has announced the McMaster Family Health Team (MFHT) has adopted the VirtualClinic+ platform for virtual care and digital patient engagement. MFHT is part of the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario and provides primary care to over 40,000 patients across three teaching clinics that also train Family Medicine residents and health professional learners. Read More

TORONTO – MD Connected Ltd. has announced a new virtual care partnership with Rexall. Through the MD Connected virtual care platform, Rexall customers will have access to physicians for general medical consultations as well as specialists like dermatologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians, urologists, internal medicine and more. This partnership provides even more Canadians with the access to the healthcare they need, when they need it, through the convenience of their phone, tablet or computer. Read More

CALGARY – On July 20, 2020 two Calgary physicians launched “Freddie”, a telemedicine service that connects Albertans with access to physicians’ online who specialize in HIV care and are certified to prescribe the preventative medication HIV PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis). Read More

TORONTO – Sun Life has announced a strategic commercial partnership and $32.7 million equity investment in Dialogue, a leading Canadian telemedicine provider. Sun Life will hold a minority ownership in Dialogue with rights to acquire additional equity. Read More

CORNWALL, Ont. – St. Joseph’s Continuing Care Centre, in Cornwall, has been approved for an innovative pilot program that will support vulnerable seniors for up to 30 days after they are discharged from hospital. Backed by Ontario Health’s Ontario Telemedicine Network, the aim is to improve outcomes and handoffs to community care providers. Read More

VANCOUVER – CloudMD Software & Services Inc., a telehealth company seeking to revolutionize the delivery of healthcare to patients, is pleased to announce an agreement to acquire 100% of Snapclarity Inc, a mental health pioneer. Read More

FREDERICTON, NB – To ensure that a weekly caseload of 2,500 addictions and mental-health patients could continue to be seen by healthcare professionals when COVID-19 caused people to stay at home, Horizon Health quickly shifted to a virtual solution. A live video solution was proposed, and Krisan Palmer (pictured on left), virtual care manager and clinical lead was tasked with overseeing the rapid rollout of the Virtual Care Platform to almost 700 mental health clinicians across Horizon. Read More

LONDON, ON – To better support those who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, six physicians at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) have developed a new care pathway to identify, triage, monitor, and manage the potential complications of the disease through a new virtual clinic. The LHSC Urgent COVID-19 Care Clinic is caring for patients referred from the Middlesex-London Health Unit, Emergency Department, and family practitioners, as well as patients discharged from inpatient services. Read More