TORONTO – Akira Health, a Canadian leader in digital health, announced that it is partnering with Manulife to increase Canadians’ access to on-demand, virtual medical consults with knowledgeable, friendly clinicians, anytime and anywhere.
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EDMONTON – The Misericordia Community Hospital is using technology to help parents see their babies when they can’t physically be with them in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The iPad technology, called NowICU, is a secure teleconferencing system.
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TORONTO – HelloMD will now provide patients in Canada with convenient access to practitioner-led advice about medical cannabis through a new relationship with Shoppers Drug Mart’s online medical cannabis platform.
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TORONTO – The Ontario Telemedicine Network, a non-profit agency that helps Ontario patients access healthcare through videoconferencing and other forms of distance medicine, has laid off more than 15 percent of its staff in the wake of a reduction to its funding.
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HAMILTON, ONT. – The Virtual House Call Project was started in 2017 to address a significant gap in access to care for patients who are considered marginalized. For clarity, a marginalized patient is one who cannot receive primary healthcare in a manner that is appropriate for their disease burden or needs in general, and consequently accesses ER and hospital services in lieu of primary care access.
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TORONTO – OnCall Health, a virtual care technology and services platform for healthcare providers, has a raised $2 million in a seed round that will be used to increase its operations across North America.
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OTTAWA – Northwest Telepharmacy Solutions (NTS) has launched a cannabis helpline, staffed by pharmacists, that offers clinical expertise to the general public and healthcare professionals. The purpose is to offer unbiased, clinical information on cannabis use.
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TORONTO – Teladoc Health, a global leader in virtual care, announced the launch of Teladoc Telemedicine Services, the first-of-its-kind offering to provide Canadians with 24x7 access to convenient, high-quality medical care regardless of their location across the country.
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HAMILTON, Ont. – A research project underway at Hamilton General Hospital is making it easier for patients to recover at home after undergoing minimally invasive heart surgery.
Through a partnership with local company m-Health Solutions, patients can wear a remote heart monitoring device for two weeks after undergoing a transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
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TORONTO – A new study commissioned by Medisys Health Group, in collaboration with Edelman and LegerWeb, reveals that Canadian employees are demanding healthcare at their fingertips – apps that let individuals connect directly and instantly with nurse practitioners, physicians and other health professionals through secure text and video chat, anytime and anywhere.
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