TORONTO – Telus will invest $100 million over three years in the healthcare segment under a newly launched brand called Telus Health Solutions.
The company also called upon government and other businesses to invest in upgrading the applications and technology infrastructure that collects, processes, stores, and delivers health information, so that all Canadians will be able to track their medical history electronically, the company said in a statement.
"There is no question eHealth is creating a new era in Canadian healthcare. Today, patient information is scattered across a myriad of different electronic and paper-based systems resulting in decisions being made without a complete picture of a patient’s history”, said Francois Côté, president of Telus Health.
“We need to enable richer and more effective collaboration between the stakeholders of the health system in Canada. Everyone focused on delivering care: providers, insurers, government, employers and individual Canadians themselves, will benefit from advances in technology."
