Acting as a fundamental enabler of change, technology offers the healthcare vertical a host of positive implications, including: improved quality and efficiency in patient care, better synergies in back-office functions and an overall superior system that better services the lives of Canadians from coast to coast. Overall, the healthcare IT niche in Canada has evolved significantly over the past few years. As a result, Branham has opted to change the way it ranks the leaders in this field, recognizing the Top 5 Pure-play Healthcare IT companies and the Top 5 Mixed-play Healthcare IT companies in 2009. Maintaining its position as a leading ICT company in the healthcare vertical, Telus ranks number one on this year’s Top 5 Mixed-play Healthcare IT Companies listing. Increasing its focus in the healthcare realm, CGI followed closely in the second spot, while xwave rounds out the top three in 2009.
After appearing on the Top 10 Healthcare IT companies listing in each of the past two years, Logibec Groupe Informatique leads the Top 5 Pure-play Healthcare IT companies listing in 2009. Generating double-digit growth in each of the past four years it has appeared on the Top 250 listing, the healthcare management software provider increased revenues by 13 per cent in 2009, mainly due to acquisitions it made in the U.S. in its 2008 fiscal year, to generate $76.33 million. Meanwhile, QHR Technologies led all companies on this year’s listing with 107 per cent growth to produce $13.53 million in sales in 2009. Look for QHR Technologies’ growth to continue as it expanded its presence in healthcare in 2009 with the acquisitions of Momentum Healthware and Clinicare.