IMD Health and Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada announce partnership to improve the quality of patient education
July 12, 2022 – Toronto, Ontario
IMD Health Global (IMD) is pleased to announce an important new partnership with Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. IMD is a CloudMD Software & Services company focused on digital health education, to provide resources to healthcare providers, patients and their families on the IMD platform.
“We are pleased to have our resources included on the IMD Health platform along with the many other incredible organizations who have provided valuable information and educational materials for healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers”, shared Shannon LaHay, Chief Executive Officer at Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. “Collaboration is one of our organizational core values, and we are thrilled to be working together with IMD Health to increase the visibility and accessibility of our resources. We are committed to supporting those who are impacted by a brain tumour diagnosis, and our partnership with IMD Health is one more way that we can fulfill that commitment by providing broader access to our resources.”
IMD Health is the largest digital health education platform in Canada. IMD offers innovative technology that facilitates meaningful dialogue between healthcare professionals and patients inside the examination room, hospital bedsides, pharmacy consultations and during virtual consultations. IMD’s award-winning platform enables healthcare professionals to instantly access over 110,000 media-rich educational graphics, videos and resources during consults as well as by patients at home.
“We are very excited to collaborate with Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada to provide our clinicians, patients, and their families with resources to provide support to individuals with brain tumours in Canada” said Alice Haidau, Medical Content Manager, IMD, citing the need for inclusive, evidence-based health information, particularly given the shift toward digital tools incited by the pandemic, and internet use which often leads to misinformation.
Through a resource like IMD, full of user-friendly and visually appealing information, healthcare providers, their patients and families will gain a better understanding of brain tumours and their management.
About Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada
At Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada, we help anyone affected by a brain tumour diagnosis. Our message is simple “you are not alone”; our team of dedicated staff, volunteers, and health care professionals, are here and working together with one hope — to find a cure and end brain tumors.
Over the years, we’ve grown from a local operation to a national organization, raising millions for research, education, and support for the tens of thousands of Canadians who are diagnosed every year. Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada is funded entirely through generous donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations, and by funds raised through special events.
Brain tumours are unpredictable, complex, and remain incurable. Their effects are physical, emotional, financial, and can last a lifetime. That’s why we work so hard to give hope to the estimated 55,000 Canadians currently living with a brain tumour.
Hope through research.
Hope through education and support.
Hope for a cure.
Learn more at https://www.braintumour.ca/.
For more information, contact Sarah Rogers, Advocacy and Information Services Specialist at srogers@braintumour.ca.
About IMD Health Global
IMD Health Global is a Toronto-based eHealth software development company, focused on innovating healthcare education. Since 2010, IMD has grown into Canada’s largest digital patient engagement platform. Centred “At The Point of Care” ®, healthcare professionals use IMD’s cloud-based platform (in clinic or virtual consults) to engage with their patients at a deeper level and optimize knowledge transfer surrounding a patient’s condition and treatment plan. This is done through the seamless integration of over 110,000 images, booklets, and video resources, (covering 5,600 health topics) into an award-winning user interface that makes patient education both efficient and effective. At the end of a patient’s consult, a summary of all the discussed information can be emailed to the patient to review and continue their learning journey at home, improving their health literacy and adherence to their treatment plan. The IMD platform is utilized by over 16,400 practitioners (doctors, nurses and pharmacists in, clinics, hospitals, pharmacies, infusion clinics and in homecare settings. For more information please visit: www.IMDhealth.com and https://app.IMDhealth.com IMD Health is a subsidiary of CloudMD Software & Services (TSXV: DOC)
For more information, contact Jared Sonnenberg, VP, at jared.sonnenberg@IMDhealth.com.
About CloudMD Software & Services
CloudMD is transforming the delivery of healthcare using technology and by providing a patient-centric approach, with an emphasis on continuity of care. By leveraging healthcare technology, the Company is building one, connected platform that addresses all points of a patient’s healthcare journey and provides better access to care and improved outcomes. Through CloudMD’s proprietary technology, the Company delivers quality healthcare through a holistic offering including hybrid primary care clinics, specialist care, telemedicine, mental health support, healthcare navigation, educational resources, and artificial intelligence (AI). CloudMD’s Enterprise Health Solutions Division includes the leading Student Assistance Program and one of the top 4 Employee Assistance Programs in Canada and offers one comprehensive, digitally connected platform for educational institutions, corporations, insurers, and advisors to better manage the health and wellness of their students, employees, and customers.
CloudMD currently services a combined ecosystem of over 7,000 psychiatrists, approximately 4,500 therapists and counsellors, approximately 4,000 psychologists, over 22,000 family physicians, over 34,000 medical specialists, over 1,500 allied health professionals, over 500 clinics, and over 5 million individuals across North America. For more information visit: https://investors.cloudmd.ca
