Type Public company Brands Medeo
AccuroEMR Headquarters Kelowna, Canada Parent organization Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. | Industry healthcare software Founded 2000 Number of employees 200 | |
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ISIN ISO 13485:2003 Certification Key people Michael Checkley, President & CEO)
Neil McDonnell, Chair of Board of Directors Products electronic medical record systems Subsidiaries Optimed Software Corporation, Medeo Corporation Profiles | ||
QHR Technologies Inc. (QHR) (founded in 2000) is a Canadian healthcare technology company that represents 20 percent of the country's medical record market and its Medeo and AccuroEMR products are used by about 7,700 health professionals. In 2013, QHR sold Quadrant to Logibec Groupe Informatique.
In 2014, QHR acquired Medeo, a patient-doctor online connection application developer whose virtual care application is used by about 600 physicians in British Columbia.
In 2016, Olympic athlete Hayley Wickenheiser joined QHR as a spokesperson.
In June 2016, QHR announced plans to collaborate with TELUS Health to improve communications between healthcare providers. The companies intend to create secure electronic communication solution to allow the more than 23,000 Canadian physicians on their EMR platforms to communicate seamlessly, regardless of the EMR platform they're on.
In August 2016, QHR received a $170 million purchase offer from Loblaw Companies, the consortium owning Shopper's Drug Mart, Canada's largest chain of pharmacies. The board approved the offer and is subject to shareholder approval.