TELUS Health: Accelerating virtual health care innovation to help restart the economy
June 02 2020 - 1:30PM
François Gratton, Group President of TELUS and Chair of TELUS
Health and TELUS Québec, will address members of the Chamber of
Commerce via virtual chat to discuss three current themes: what
we’ve learned so far about the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing to
economic recovery by accelerating health care virtualization, and
the role of business in employee safety and wellness.
“Overnight, the COVID-19 crisis triggered major
changes in our lives and, in particular, greater awareness of
health and wellness in our society. Today more than ever, access to
health care is everyone’s business. I firmly believe that we have
some fantastic opportunities to take advantage of as we write new
pages in our history,” stressed Mr. Gratton.
Virtual health care represents an opportunity for
businesses as their employees’ health and safety is more than ever
a key concern. It is also an opportunity to reduce absenteeism,
stimulate productivity, and increase retention of talents who want
the flexibility to balance work and family. Following the
introduction of our various health solutions, tens of millions of
Canadians now have access to virtual health services.
TELUS Health is one of Canada’s largest providers
of healthcare technology services, with a wide array of products
and services covering the entire healthcare ecosystem. Restarting
the economy also means virtualizing tools for health professionals,
from medical consultations to home follow-up. This allows them to
see patients safely while respecting social distancing.
“Today, all employers are being called upon,
through the decisions they make about the benefits they offer
employees, to consider the offering of virtual care solutions such
as those provided by TELUS Health’s Akira and Babylon applications,
connecting Canadians and their families to health professionals
over their phones, and giving them the opportunity to get an
opinion anytime, anywhere,” added Mr. Gratton.
Over the last 10 years, TELUS has invested over $3
billion in transforming Canada’s health care sector. As soon as the
COVID-19 started, TELUS Health has made a clear commitment: to do
everything we can to facilitate access to health care, and to help
protect and support organizations in the pursuit of their
activities.
Over 3,000 members of the TELUS Health team, based
primarily here in Montreal, are working to develop virtual
solutions to streamline access to health care for all citizens.
Moreover, TELUS will make major investments of more than $850
million in the Greater Montreal area over the next four years to
speed up the rollout of our leading-edge solutions.
TELUS investments will prioritize the
following:
- Network robustness, speed and reliability as the virtualization
of activities at our companies, hospitals and clinics accelerates
exponentially Ongoing development of our virtual solutions
- Sustaining our community efforts, as shown by the partnership
with the CHUM Foundation to expand Montreal’s screening capacity
and the emergency fund our TELUS Community Board has set up to meet
the essential needs of a dozen charitable organizations such as the
Fondation du CHU Ste-Justine, Tel-Jeunes and La tablée des
chefs
- TELUS has committed $150 million to support Canadians through
the COVID-19 crisis.
To stay informed of the measures being taken by
TELUS during the COVID-19 pandemic, visit telus.com/covid19.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains statements that are
forward-looking, including regarding the anticipated amount of our
investments and our investment priorities. By their nature,
forward-looking statements require TELUS to make assumptions and
predictions and are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties.
There is significant risk that the forward-looking statements will
not prove to be accurate. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on forward-looking statements as a number of factors could
cause actual expenditures to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements in this release. Accordingly, the
statements in this news release are subject to the disclaimer and
qualified by the assumptions, qualifications and risk factors
referred to in our 2019 annual management’s discussion and analysis
and our Q1 2020 management’s discussion and analysis, and in other
TELUS public disclosure documents and filings with securities
commissions in Canada (on SEDAR at sedar.com) and in the United
States (on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval
System, administered by the US Securities and Exchange Commission
at sec.gov). The forward-looking statements contained in this news
release describe our expectations at the date of this news release
and, accordingly, are subject to change after such date. Except as
required by law, TELUS disclaims any intention or obligation to
update or revise forward-looking statements.
About TELUS
TELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is a dynamic,
world-leading communications and information technology company
with $14.8 billion in annual revenue and 15.3 million customer
connections spanning wireless, data, IP, voice, television,
entertainment, video and security. We leverage our global-leading
technology to enable remarkable human outcomes. Our long-standing
commitment to putting customers first fuels every aspect of our
business, making us a distinct leader in customer service
excellence and loyalty. TELUS Health is Canada’s largest health
care IT provider, and TELUS International delivers the most
innovative business process solutions to some of the world’s most
established brands.
Driven by our passionate social purpose to connect
all Canadians for good, our deeply meaningful and enduring
philosophy to give where we live has inspired our team members and
retirees to contribute more than $700 million and 1.3 million days
of service since 2000. This unprecedented generosity and
unparalleled volunteerism have made TELUS the most giving company
in the world.
For more information about TELUS, please visit
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For media inquiries, please contact:
François GabouryTELUS Public
Relationsfrancois.gaboury@telus.com438-862-5136
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