04 March 2013

Telus Expands Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Business

TELUS Health has acquired the electronic medical record (EMR) business operated by MD Practice Software LP, a member of the MD Physician Services Group and a subsidiary of the Canadian Medical Association. The acquisition of MD Practice Software LP, Ontario’s largest EMR provider, positions TELUS Health as Canada’s largest electronic medical record provider with some 7 million health records.

TELUS Health currently provides EMR systems in Western Canada and Quebec, and offers solutions to all major stakeholders in the health system, including physicians, hospitals, pharmacies and extended healthcare providers such as physiotherapists and chiropractors. Financial terms of this acquisition were not disclosed. 

The patient health record business has been slower to develop than expected. However, some analysts believe this area of consumer services will be significant for human and animal health as the future unfolds.

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