TELUS Health Solutions is pleased to announce the acquisition of Wolf Medical Systems, Canada’s fastest growing EMR solution company, allowing for the creation of a new Physician Solutions line of business dedicated to helping physicians improve productivity and clinical outcomes.

TELUS is committed to helping Canada’s Physicians

TELUS is committing to the physician EMR market with the acquisition of Wolf Medical Systems and the creation of TELUS Physician Solutions. TELUS has selected Wolf based on its people, technology, and a shared vision to be trusted by physicians to turn information into outcomes. TELUS and Wolf are already deeply aligned in the commitment to develop and support technology that helps doctors help patients.

Electronic medical records are an essential building block to an efficient healthcare system in Canada. EMRs have been proven to increase efficiency and performance both at the clinical and regional healthcare system levels. Canada, with an EMR penetration rate of about 32 per cent, lags behind other OECD countries where adoption is over 90 per cent. By committing to the EMR market with a best-in-class solution we are positioned to help increase this adoption rate which will in turn improve work processes, efficiencies in service delivery, and patient health outcomes.

Reaching physicians will enhance our capacity to deliver on our promise to unleash the power of information to bring healthcare together. Our unwavering commitment and passion to make a difference in the lives of Canadians and for our healthcare system remains the same. Now with the power of Wolf we are poised to accelerate this change and help ensure a friendly, healthy future for all Canadians.

Wolf is Canada’s largest and fastest-growing cloud-based EMR provider. Since 2010, over 11 million patient visits have been documented by physicians using Wolf EMR. On a typical day, users see 26,845 patients, prescribe 23,336 medications and review 166,386 lab results.