- WELL applauds Ontario’s announcement of a new provincewide Primary Care Medical Record system backed by $3.4 billion in primary care funding, marking a significant step toward delivering connected patient-centered care for Ontarians.
- WELL’s majority-owned subsidiary, WELLSTAR, currently powers and supports approximately 8,165 physicians and 1,669 clinics across Ontario through its suite of provincially certified EMR platforms.
- WELL understands that the Province is pursuing an inclusive, multi-vendor procurement approach and intends to actively participate in the process.
- WELLSTAR’s comprehensive digital health ecosystem, including OSCAR Pro, Nexus AI™, and OceanMD, is purpose-built to deliver on the Province’s vision for a connected, secure, and modern primary care system.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia & TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WELL Health Technologies Corp. (TSX: WELL) (the “Company” or “WELL”), a digital healthcare company focused on positively impacting health outcomes by leveraging technology to empower healthcare practitioners and their patients globally, today expressed its strong support for the Ontario government’s announcement of a new provincewide Primary Care Medical Record system, and confirmed its intent to actively participate in the forthcoming procurement process led by Supply Ontario.
On March 19, 2026, Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones announced the Province’s plan to advance an integrated, interoperable electronic medical record (“EMR”) system for primary care as part of Ontario’s Primary Care Action Plan, which is backed by more than $3.4 billion in funding to connect approximately two million additional residents to primary care by 2029. The Province has indicated that it will conduct an open, competitive procurement process and is exploring a multi-vendor approach to ensure the new system meets the diverse needs of clinicians and patients across Ontario.
WELL, through its majority-owned subsidiary WELLSTAR, is one of the leading providers of EMR technology to primary care physicians in Ontario and across Canada. WELLSTAR currently powers and supports approximately 8,165 physicians and 1,669 clinics in Ontario through its suite of provincially certified EMR platforms, including OSCAR Pro, Juno EMR, and AwareMD. OSCAR Pro is certified by OntarioMD and is fully interoperable with Ontario’s Health Report Manager (“HRM”) and the Ontario Laboratories Information System (“OLIS”).
WELLSTAR’s comprehensive digital health ecosystem extends well beyond core EMR functionality to include AI-powered clinical workflow automation through Nexus AI™ (featuring ambient scribe technology), integrated patient engagement and eReferral network solutions through OceanMD (which serves over 4,900 clinics and hospitals and processes more than 1.67 million referrals annually), comprehensive physician billing services, and end-to-end IT managed services through BlueBird iT. This full-spectrum capability positions WELLSTAR to deliver on Ontario’s vision for a connected, secure, and modern primary care record system. Through the broader WELL family, including HEALWELL AI, these capabilities are deployed today across Ontario’s healthcare system, supporting the province’s digital front door, with further opportunity to expand and enhance connectivity over time.
Hamed Shahbazi, CEO of WELL Health, commented: “Ontario’s physicians serve some of the most complex patient populations in the country, often working with multiple, fragmented tools that create unnecessary administrative burden. We applaud and support the Ontario government for its visionary commitment to building a connected, provincewide Primary Care Medical Record system. This initiative aligns directly with the mission we have been pursuing for years – to reduce administrative burden for physicians, improve care coordination, and put patients at the centre of a digitally enabled healthcare system. WELLSTAR is one of the most experienced and capable EMR providers in Ontario, and we look forward to participating in what we understand will be an inclusive, multi-vendor procurement process. We are confident that our proven platforms, including our capabilities through the broader WELL ecosystem, including HEALWELL AI and Orion Health, deep clinical relationships, and integrated technology ecosystem, make us an ideal partner for the Province as it embarks on this important transformation.”
WELL notes that the Province’s announcement underscores several priorities that are core strengths of WELLSTAR’s platform, including interoperability across the broader health system, enhanced cybersecurity for patient data, reduced administrative burden for clinicians, and the integration of modern tools such as electronic referrals and AI-enabled clinical automation. WELL believes that WELLSTAR is well-positioned to be a meaningful contributor to this initiative and intends to actively engage with Supply Ontario through the forthcoming market sounding exercise and competitive procurement process.
About WELL Health Technologies Corp.
WELL is building the infrastructure for a healthier Canada. Through its comprehensive healthcare and digital platforms, WELL operates the largest owned and operated outpatient healthcare ecosystem in Canada, with more than 250 clinics, and its technology solutions enable more than 43,000 healthcare providers across Canada and the US. WELL’s subsidiaries include WELLSTAR, a pure-play healthcare SaaS platform, HEALWELL AI, a global healthcare AI company, and CyberWELL, a healthcare cybersecurity division. WELL is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘WELL’ and on the OTC Exchange under the symbol ‘WHTCF’. To learn more about WELL, please visit: www.well.company.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains “Forward-Looking Information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws, including the $3.4 billion earmarked for the Ontario Primary Care Action Plan to connect two million additional residents to primary care practitioners by 2029. Forward-Looking Information is based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties, and contingencies outside of WELL’s control. Such Forward-Looking Information are not guarantees of future performance or that WELL will be the beneficiary of such statement. WELL’s comments expressed or implied by such Forward-Looking Information are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and conditions, many of which are outside of WELL‘s control, and undue reliance should not be placed on such information. Forward-Looking Information are qualified in their entirety by inherent risks and uncertainties, including: Ontario Health’s decisions; direct and indirect material adverse effects from adverse market conditions; risks inherent in the primary healthcare sector in general; regulatory and legislative changes; that market competition may affect the business, results and financial condition of WELL and other risk factors identified in documents filed by WELL under its profile at www.sedarplus.com, including its most recent Annual Information Form and its Management, Discussion and Analysis. Except as required by securities law, WELL does not assume any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, events, or otherwise.
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