The story
MPact Immedia—established in 1988—merged with Bell Canada's Electronic Business Solutions to form BCE Emergis in 1998, which became an independent unit on May 6, 2006. On December 1, 2004, the company was renamed as Emergis.
In 2007, Telus Corporation purchased Emergis for $763 million.
Shortly after acquiring Emergis, Telus introduced its Telus Health Solutions division. In June 2022, Telus Health acquired LifeWorks, in a deal valued at $2.9 billion including debt.
Wolf EMR
In 2012, TELUS Health acquired Wolf Medical Systems, then Canada’s largest cloud-based EMR provider. The acquisition led to the creation of TELUS Physician Solutions, integrating Wolf’s cloud-based technology into TELUS’s broader health portfolio. In the years that followed, Wolf EMR was gradually retired as healthcare providers were transitioned to platforms such as PS Suite. A user-group webinar conducted approximately 3.4 years ago addressed questions about Wolf EMR sunsetting and migrating to other TELUS EMRs.
Nightingale EMR
Prior to PS Suite becoming the primary EMR solution, TELUS Health offered the Nightingale EMR platform. That platform was officially retired in 2019, and users were advised to migrate to PS Suite.
PS Suite (Practice Solutions)
PS Suite (originally called Practice Solutions) is an electronic medical record (EMR) system developed by TELUS Health. Used in Canada, it provides billing features, mobile access, and integration with laboratories, provincial registries, and referral systems.
In Alberta, TELUS Health is now in the process of phasing out PS Suite. Providers are in transition, and are migrating to more modern EMRs.
Pediatrics
The pediatric healthcare community has particularly been affected and are positioned to evaluate and select suitable EMR systems. Cherry Health—a healthcare network and recruiting platform—lists a considerable number of pediatric providers who use PS Suite in their profiles, indicating ongoing use of that EMR in pediatric practices. Pediatric practices often require customizable workflows, growth tracking, vaccination scheduling, and family health data integration. The PS Suite retirement requires that EMRs part of Alberta's EMR network such as Auro, Ava, and HQ prepare for clinical migrations.
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For pediatric and general practice, especially in Alberta, EMR systems include:
Auro EMR – Focus on Allied Health Specialist.
Ava EMR
HQ EMR – Open-source EMR used across North Edmonton.
From Wikipedia’s article on Telus Health, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5