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Canadian health technology company

TELUS Health, a division of TELUS Corporation, is a Vancouver, Canada-based provider of health technology services with more than 10,000 employees primarily located in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[1]

TELUS Health
Type Division
Industry Health technology
Predecessor Emergis | EQ Care | Medisys | LifeWorks | Benestar
Founded 2008; 15 years ago (2008) in Montreal, Canada
Headquarters Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Key people

 Sudhakar Kosaraju (Sid), President[2]
Michael Dingle, Chief Operating Officer [3]
Services Employee health and wellbeing, virtual health care, electronic and collaborative health records, remote patient monitoring, industrial and occupational health, executive health, health claims settlement, pharmacy and clinic management , virtual pharmacy service, mental health services, personal emergency response services, physical healthcare clinics

Number of employees

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 >10,000
Parent TELUS Corporation
Divisions TELUS Health Consumer Solutions | TH Employer Solutions | TH Payor Solutions | TH Provider Solutions
Website www.telushealth.com

The company is divided into four business lines: Employer Solutions (employee health and wellbeing), Payor Solutions (benefit administration and reselling employee health and wellbeing solutions), Provider Solutions (public sector and health care professionals) and Consumer Solutions.

Growth, Acquisitions and Investments[edit]

TELUS Corporation established its TELUS Health division in 2008 shortly after its acquisition of Quebec-based Emergis, a health and pharmacy technology company. Since then, the division has grown through acquisitions and maintains investments in health technology companies through its TELUS Health Ventures division.

Acquisitions[edit]

Electronic and Collaborative Health Records[edit]

  • Courtyard Group – Health Technology Consultancy (2011)
  • Wolf Medical Systems – Surrey, BC (2012)[4]
  • KinLogix – Quebec (2012)[5]
  • MD Practice Software – Ontario (2013)[6]
  • Med Access – Kelowna, BC (2014)[7]
  • ZRx Prescriber (a division of ZoomMed) – Quebec (2014)[8]
  • Medesync – Kelowna, BC (2015)[9]
  • Nightingale Informatix (Canada operations) (2016)[10]
  • Osler Systems Management – Victoria, BC (2016)[11]
  • PractiMax – Nova Scotia (2017)
  • Input Health – Vancouver, BC (2020)

Employee Benefits Consulting and Administration[edit]

  • WEBS Inc. – Markham, ON (2018)[12]
  • Symbility Health – Toronto, ON (2018)[13]
  • LifeWorks (formerly Morneau Shepell) – Toronto, ON (2022)[14]

Organizational and Workplace Wellbeing[edit]

  • Medisys Health Group – Montreal, QC (2018)[15]
  • Sprout Wellness Solutions – Victoria, BC (2022)[16]
  • LifeWorks (formerly Morneau Shepell) – Toronto, ON (2022)[14]
  • Benestar – Melbourne, AU (2022)[17]

Patient Engagement Software[edit]

  • Pomelo Health (formerly Chronometriq) – Montreal, QC (2021)[18]

Personal Medical Alert Services[edit]

Pharmacy Technology[edit]

  • Emergis – Montreal, QC (2008)[20]
  • XD3 Solutions – Montreal, QC (2014)[21]
  • Kroll Computer Systems – North York, ON (2017)[22]
  • Alliance Pharmacy Group – Richmond, BC (2021)[23]

Virtual Care[edit]

  • EQ Care – Montreal, QC (2020)[24]
  • Akira (formerly Right Health) – Toronto, ON (2019)[25]
  • Babylon Health Canada (a division of UK-based Babylon Health) – Vancouver, BC (2018)[26]

TELUS Health Ventures Investments[edit]

Share of ownership is undisclosed.

Locations[edit]

TELUS Health has business and clinical offices in Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, and the United States.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “TELUS completes C$2.3 billion acquisition of LifeWorks”.
  2. ^ “Sid Kosaraju joins TELUS as President, TELUS Health”.
  3. ^ “Michael Dingle | TELUS Health”.
  4. ^ “TELUS acquires Wolf Medical Systems, Canada’s fastest-growing cloud-based EMR (Electronic Medical Record) provider”. www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  5. ^ “Telus acquires KinLogix, Quebec’s largest electronic medical records company”. vancouversun. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  6. ^ “Canada’s TELUS Health expands big time”. Healthcare IT News. 2013-02-26. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  7. ^ “Telus Health acquires BC-based Med Access, an EMR company | Canadian Healthcare Technology”. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  8. ^ “TELUS Health Acquires Electronic-Prescription Technology ZRx Prescriber from ZoomMed”. Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  9. ^ “Telus Health acquires BC-based Med Access, an EMR company | Canadian Healthcare Technology”. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  10. ^ “Telus Health acquires Canadian digital healthcare company Nightingale | BetaKit”. 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  11. ^ www.sec.gov https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/868675/000110465917017116/a17-3573_1ex99d3.htm#:~:text=In%20December%202016,%20TELUS%20acquired,base%20and%20proprietary%20EMR%20software. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  12. ^ https://www.insuranceandtechguide.com/company/304374/telus-health-formerly-webs-inc.
  13. ^ Inc, Symbility Solutions. “Symbility Solutions Completes Agreement to Sell its Symbility Health Division”. www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  14. ^ a b Health, TELUS (2022-09-01). “TELUS completes C$2.3 billion acquisition of LifeWorks setting a new course for employer-focused healthcare”. GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  15. ^ “Telus Health acquires chain of medical clinics | Canadian Healthcare Technology”. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  16. ^ Health, TELUS (2022-03-29). “TELUS Health expands employer preventative health services with acquisition of Sprout Wellness Solutions”. GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  17. ^ “About Benestar – a modern EAP and wellness provider”. Benestar. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  18. ^ “Pomelo Health Company Profile: Acquisition & Investors | PitchBook”. pitchbook.com. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  19. ^ Inc, TELUS Communications (2019-12-04). “TELUS Health announces national expansion of LivingWell Companion personal medical alert services to support aging Canadians”. GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  20. ^ “Telus buys Emergis for $763M”. thestar.com. 2007-11-29. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  21. ^ “TELUS Health Completes Acquisition of Pharmacy Management Provider XD3 Solutions”. Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  22. ^ www.sec.gov https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/868675/000110465917017116/a17-3573_1ex99d3.htm#:~:text=In%20December%202016,%20TELUS%20acquired,base%20and%20proprietary%20EMR%20software. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  23. ^ “Telus Health launches virtual pharmacy service nationally | BetaKit”. 2022-01-11. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  24. ^ “Telus Health acquires Montréal’s EQ Care in latest move to increase virtual care reach | BetaKit”. 2020-12-18. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  25. ^ “Akira Health acquired by Telus Health | BetaKit”. 2019-08-12. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  26. ^ “Telus to launch digital healthcare app through partnership with Babylon Health | BetaKit”. 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  27. ^ “Connecting people by driving innovation – About | Telus Ventures”. TELUS. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  28. ^ “Connecting people by driving innovation – About | Telus Ventures”. TELUS. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  29. ^ “Connecting people by driving innovation – About | Telus Ventures”. TELUS. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  30. ^ “Connecting people by driving innovation – About | Telus Ventures”. TELUS. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  31. ^ “Connecting people by driving innovation – About | Telus Ventures”. TELUS. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  32. ^ “Connecting people by driving innovation – About | Telus Ventures”. TELUS. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  33. ^ “Connecting people by driving innovation – About | Telus Ventures”. TELUS. Retrieved 2023-04-01.


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