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Calian Expands Digital Healthcare and Cybersecurity Offerings with Cloud Life Cycle Management, Systems Integration Services, and Virtual Care
Calian Expands Digital Healthcare and Cybersecurity Offerings with Cloud Life Cycle Management, Systems Integration Services, and Virtual Care Healthcare organizations have urgent need to securely modernize their digital infrastructures; Calian acquires...
How Does Ontario’s Virtual Care Billing Policies Compare to Other Provinces?
Every medical regulatory body across Canada has a standard or policy for physicians providing virtual care and these standards and policies vary throughout the country. These standards and policies also include instructions and restrictions for how physicians...
Telemedicine vs Telehealth: Here’s How Telehealth and Telemedicine Differ From Each Other
The healthcare industry has been evolving at a rapid pace since the onset of the pandemic as clinicians and healthcare providers look to improve access to care for patients. Thankfully, Telemedicine and Telehealth has made it easier for healthcare professionals to...
What You Need to Know About Privacy Requirements for Virtual Health Care Visits in Ontario
Virtual health care visits are a boon for a health care system under severe strain due to the ongoing pandemic. With the increased need for virtual health care visits across Ontario, there has been a lot of focus on privacy requirements related to facilitating...
Ontario Investing $15.4 Million in Virtual Mental Health and Addiction Support
Virtual mental health services and solutions have increasingly become critical areas of support during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a part of provincial mental health and addiction response package of over $147 million, the Ontario government plans to provide $15.4...
How does Canada’s Adoption and Delivery of Virtual Care Compare to Other Industrialized Countries?
Canada was one of the first nations to offer virtual care in the 1970s. The late Dr. Maxwell House conducted appointments via telephone to expand his reach to patients in remote areas across Newfoundland. Despite Dr. House’s innovative efforts just under four decades...
Virtual Care Expansion in Ontario Too Slow Signals a New Auditor General Report
Ontario has been called out in a sweeping report published by the auditor general for moving too slow in virtual care expansion. According to the report, Ontario has lagged when it comes to integrating virtual care services with its health-care system. This report...
The Importance of Enabling Virtual Healthcare for Mental Health During the Pandemic
From the start of the pandemic there has been real concern about the effect of lockdowns on mental health patients. That is now evident in the second wave of the pandemic that has led to an increase in stress and anxiety, brought upon by new restrictions and the onset...
Dapasoft, A Microsoft Gold Partner serving healthcare, Releases Corolar Virtual Care (CVC) 2.0
TORONTO, ONTARIO—(Dec 9, 2020) Dapasoft Inc., a trusted leader in healthcare IT providing health data interoperability and clinical systems integration, announced the release of Corolar Virtual Care, version 2.0, for the Microsoft Teams platform. Corolar Virtual Care...
Increasing Cyberattacks Threaten COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatment, Microsoft Says
As the world has adapted to the challenges of remote and virtual work due to COVID-19, Microsoft has reported that nation-state actors are targeting healthcare organizations more, particularly companies involved in researching vaccines and treatments for COVID-19....
Ontario Announces $2.4 Million Funding for 13 New Ontario Health Teams
The Ontario government approved an additional 13 new Ontario Health Teams across the province and announced it is providing $2.4 million in support for improving patient and connected care. The Ontario Health Team are charting a new course to deliver care by bringing...
Virtual Care Visits in Ontario Set to Become the Norm With Ontario Onwards Action Plan
Thousands of patients in Ontario have been able to access virtual healthcare over the past several months, and with the new Ontario Onwards action plan, it is set to become the new norm. The Action Plan is expected to build on the existing digital infrastructure to...
The Impact on Primary Care Reforms Due to COVID-19 in Ontario
The province of Ontario had been on the precipice of change in the healthcare domain for a long time before COVID-19 struck. With the creation of a new agency called “Ontario Health” in 2019 along with the creation of Ontario Health Teams, Ontario healthcare was ready...
Microsoft Future Now Unveils The Path For Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare And Virtual Care In Canada
Amidst a growing second wave of Coronovirus cases in Canada, business-leaders from all over the country descended to participate in the Microsoft Future Now virtual conference (Oct 27-Oct 28). As digital transformation becomes critical for most organizations in this...
The Government Of Ontario is Investing $1 Billion For COVID-19 Infrastructure
The Ontario government is investing big money for the largest provincial testing initiative in Canada by providing $1.07 billion for expanding COVID-19 testing, case, and contact management. Apart from that, the government is focusing majorly on investing $30 million...
Privacy and Security Threats Healthcare Providers Face Due To COVID-19
COVID-19 has created a paradigm shift in how healthcare providers think about privacy and security. The pandemic has triggered a wave of cybersecurity threats, a recent survey by Black Hat found. 94% of those surveyed in the recent poll suggested that COVID-19 has...
New Microsoft Teams Features To Help Reduce Stress and Improve Collaboration
Microsoft showcased a string of important new updates and features for its Teams Collaboration app at the Virtual Ignite 2020 conference. These not only included user facing features such as new Together Mode backgrounds but also Teams Management capabilities that are...
Apple’s Series 6 Watch To Include Blood Oxygenation Sensor, Enable Digital health
Apple recently announced at a virtual event that its new Series 6 Apple Watch will inhabit a blood oxygenation sensor, a first for the Apple Watch. As Apple did with the ECG, the company is launching a set of partnered research studies using the new capabilities of...
Online Direct Appointment Scheduling Portals Lower No-Show Rates and Improve Health Outcomes
Online patient portals provide improved access for patients to their health information. Many electronic health record vendors now come equipped with important administrative functions like online appointment scheduling. It not only improves access to healthcare but...
How Canada is Expanding Reach of Virtual Care In a Publicly Funded Healthcare System
Since the onset of COVID-19, a worldwide race for enabling digital first health solutions has forever changed how care is delivered. In Canada, virtualization of healthcare is expected to transform how $264 billion in healthcare expenditure is spent each year. In...
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