- McMaster Family Health Team ("MFHT") has selected WELL's
VirtualClinic+ telehealth program as its preferred virtual care
platform; thereby improving access for patients and giving its
clinicians an easy and seamless experience of providing virtual
care.
- MFHT has been using VirtualClinic+ and training its clinicians
on the product for several weeks now with strong positive results.
MFHT provides primary care to over 40,000 patients across three
teaching clinics that also train Family Medicine residents and
health professional learners.
- VirtualClinic+ is integrated with OSCAR(1) EMR, a
key requirement for MFHT, who is a leader in the OSCAR community
and has been the largest contributor to the open-source software
since it was created at the McMaster Department of Family Medicine
in 2001.
VANCOUVER, BC, July 30, 2020 /CNW/ - WELL Health
Technologies Corp. (TSX: WELL) (the "Company or
"WELL"), is pleased to announce that 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. WELL continues to
strengthen its relationship with MFHT, who intends to expand its
use of the VirtualClinic+ suite of products in the coming months to
include in-clinic online booking, appointment reminders and mobile
check-in.
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"COVID19 has dramatically impacted how clinics operate, with
virtual care becoming an indispensable tool for improving patient
and provider safety and increasing access to care," said
Hamed Shahbazi, Chairman and CEO of
WELL. "We are pleased to support McMaster and its Family Health Team as they
increase their use of virtual care and look forward to
collaborating on further improvements to the platform."
MFHT is a leader in digital health innovation and adoption in
Canada, having been a leading
OSCAR EMR user for almost two
decades and currently using WELL as its provider of OSCAR EMR services. MFHT has over 50
healthcare providers actively using the VirtualClinic+ platform,
with more joining each week. Further, as a teaching clinic,
MFHT is introducing its residents to virtual care and other digital
patient engagement tools, equipping the next generation of
physicians with the skills to leverage technology within their
future practices.
"Virtual care has quickly emerged as an essential option for
care in Canada, and our clinics
and patients have been pleased with the care experience using
VirtualClinic+," said Dr. David
Price, Chair of the McMaster Department of Family Medicine.
"I have found it to be incredibly simple to use for both
myself and my patients, and as a progressive primary care clinic,
we are excited to work closely with WELL on continuing innovations
that deliver benefit to patients and clinicians across Canada."
(1) OSCAR is an acronym for
"Open Source Clinical Application Resource", an open-source
Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system developed by McMaster University's Department of Family Medicine
to inspire collaboration between the wide spectrum of health
professionals with the goal to drive downstream benefits to patient
care.
WELL HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Per: "Hamed
Shahbazi"
Hamed Shahbazi
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Director
About WELL Health Technologies Corp.
WELL is an omni-channel digital health company whose overarching
objective is to empower doctors to provide the best and most
advanced care possible while leveraging the latest technology and
trends in digital health. As such, WELL owns and operates 20
primary healthcare medical clinics, is Canada's third largest Electronic Medical
Records (EMR) supplier serving over 1,900 medical clinics, operates
a leading national telehealth service and is a provider of digital
health technology solutions. WELL is an acquisitive company that
has completed eleven acquisitions and three equity investments.
The Company is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange
under the symbol "WELL". WELL was recognized as a TSX Venture
50 Company three years in a row in 2018, 2019 and 2020. To
access the Company's telehealth service, visit: virtualclinics.ca
and for corporate information, visit: www.WELL.company.
Notice Regarding Forward Looking Statements:
Certain statements in this news release related to the Company
are forward-looking statements and are prospective in nature.
Forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts,
but rather on current expectations and projections about future
events, and are therefore subject to risks and uncertainties which
could cause actual results to differ materially from the future
results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
These statements generally can be identified by the use of
forward-looking words such as "may", "should", "could", "intend",
"estimate", "plan", "anticipate", "expect", "believe" or
"continue", or the negative thereof or similar variations.
Forward-looking statements in this news release include
statements regarding MFHT's intention to expand its use of the
VirtualClinic+ suite of products in the coming months to include
in-clinic online booking, appointment reminders and mobile
check-in; and the anticipated increase in MFHT's use of virtual
care and collaboration between MFHT and WELL on further
improvements to the platform. There are numerous risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results and WELL's plans and
objectives to differ materially from those expressed in the
forward-looking information, including: (i) adverse market
conditions; and regulatory risks; (ii) risks inherent in the
cyber security industry in general and other factors beyond the
control of the Company; (iii) risks related to the Covid-19
pandemic; and (iv) risks outlined in WELL's publicly filed periodic
documents available on SEDAR. Actual results and
future events could differ materially from those anticipated in
such information. These and all subsequent written and oral
forward-looking information are based on estimates and opinions of
management on the dates they are made and are expressly qualified
in their entirety by this notice. Except as required by law,
the Company does not intend to update these forward-looking
statements.
Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation
Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the
Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
SOURCE WELL Health Technologies Corp.