The EMR is Dead

Electronic Medical Records ("EMR"s) are nothing more than digital versions of the paper records family doctors used to keep. They were designed by doctors for doctors. Not for the patients whose information is kept locked away in the EMR.

Otekha Health Corporation has taken a fresh look at clinical systems and patient engagement. We started from the ground up, employing a privacy by design approach combined with state of the art information cyber security that is ransomware resistant. We have thrown out the outdated EMR concepts used today and replaced them with smart (AI based) clincial apps, giving each user the ability to create clinical systems that are as unique as the clinician themselves. We extended these clincial apps to patients, putting them in the centre of their care. Through these AI based smart clinical apps we help create well curated health records that can be used for research, population health analytics, pandemic management, or personalized medicine that improves patient care while reducing healthcare cost.

We give patients the ability to directly engage in their care and to have control over who can access their personal information. We embrace the ever expanding world of the Internet of Things and mobile apps. We take personal health information privacy and security to new heights, while giving the patients and clinicians alike choice.

Welcome the future of healthcare. The way healthcare technology should work.

Privacy First    Patient Oriented     Connected     Hyper-scalable     Standards Based     Always On

About Otekha Health

Otekha Health Corporation was founded in 2019 and is a privately-held Canadian company headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario. Centered in the Canadian Technology Triangle, we passionately believe in the integration of knowledge, technology and healthcare to revolutionize our world. Otekha Health takes a multi-faceted approach to tackling issues and problems that affect our lives. Our passion for solving problems is the driving force behind our technology research and development activity, and along with it the implementation and support services we provide that complete our solutions.

Our Mission

We will focus our efforts towards developing technology that unites patients and their healthcare team in the prevention and treatment of disease and health threatening conditions, and to continuously pioneer innovative ways in the provision of healthcare to the global population.

Our Values

We hold six values as being the core foundation for Otekha Health:
  • We will Preserve and Protect by all means possible each Member's health information privacy and integrity above all else, establishing a trusted relationship between our clients and Otekha;
  • Every person working at Otekha Health should feel they are part of something special and are doing something extraordinary;
  • We will meet every person where they are, fully supporting Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) as well as honoring and respecting where each person is at in their life journey;
  • We will be relentless leaders and pioneers in healthcare technology and security, not followers;
  • We are a team that tolerates honest mistakes, respects individual initiative, values work/life balance, and promotes personal growth through education and opportunity;
  • Our profits and growth are our means to make our other values and objectives possible.
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Our Inspiration


Dr. Oronhyatekha


Oronhyatekha ("Burning Sky" or "Burning Cloud" in the Mohawk language) was a Mohawk physician, scholar, and a unique figure in the history of Canada and British colonialism. Among the first Native physicians in Canada, he was the first known aboriginal Oxford scholar; a successful CEO of a multinational financial institution; a native statesman; an athlete of international standing; and an outspoken champion of the rights of women, children, and minorities.

We take inspiration from the pioneering spirt and achievements of Dr. Oronhyatekha as we engage ourselves to pioneering new and better ways in the delivery of healthcare to the peoples of this world.

Source: Wikipedia.org/wiki/Oronhyatekha


Next Generation Health Technology - Lucy™


The future of health technology is now.

The Otekha Healthcare Platform Tohmi™ is a state-of-the-art healthcare platform employing AI enabled Smart Clinical Apps™ and next generation privacy based access controls that takes patient engagement and healthcare into the 21st Century. We connect patients to their information, whether located within the platform, or through secure encrypted interoperability connectors to Hospital EHRs, Government repositories, and connected third party Internet of Things ("IoT") and Apps. Through Otekha Tohmi™ patients are seamlessly connected to their entire circle of care. We do this while managing access to patient information down to the most discrete level, user by user.

Otekha Tomhi™ services are very affordable, easy to use, and run on the most secure hyper-scalable cloud based systems available.

Otekha Smart Clinical Apps™

Smart Clinical Apps™ transforms clinical systems from inflexible monolithic "one size fits all" systems into AI-enabled collections of clincial services that can be uniquely personalized by Doctors, Nurses, Specialists, Allied Health clinicians, administrative staff, and Patients themselves. Our user technology is all easy to use and understand, drag and drop in nature, and internationalized to meet the needs each individual. We make the goal of One Patient, One Record a reality and put Patients in the centres of their care team.

Patient Engagement - Otekha Engage™

Otekha Engage™ directly connects patients to their medical information and to their medical team following a privacy by design and zero trust approach. Otekha Engage™ is designed to support over a thousand simultaneous hospital connections and millions of patients in one cluster, all while enforcing strick privacy controls on all information flowing into and out of the system. Incorporating next generation privacy based access control technology, patients can now see who has access to their information, when it was viewed, and can apply their own policies to give family and other medical clinicians access to specific information within their health record. Otekha Engage™ can also be used by patients to save health information from authorized third party mobile apps, giving them a safe and secure place to keep their entire medical history.

Improve access to care

  • Patient access to their actual medical record - not a copy
  • Patient managed privacy and access controls
  • Configurable desktop gives users to put their most important information right in front
  • Patient Self-Managed Appointment Booking and Scheduling Reminders
  • Informed Digital Consent collection
  • User selectable multilingual interface (English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese)
  • Access to private payment history
  • Digital treatment plans (from clinicians using OtekhaEMR™ when available)

Otekha Healthcare Data as a Service

Otekha DaaS gives the IoT and healthcare Apps world something to cheer about. IoT and Apps builders no longer have to worry about security and privacy issues. They can focus on creating innovative solutions that solve patient medical issues and connect to those patients directly through Tomhi. FHIR® based and employing next generation privacy enabled access control, Otekha DaaS services will transform healthcare by giving patients the ability to receive healthcare where they are and not just in the doctors' office or Hosptial. Patients will now have greater choice and control over their care.

Healthcare Network Interoperability - Otekha Switch™

Otekha Switch™ breaks down barriers between healthcare systems so clinicians can seamlessly work together within and across organizational boundaries to advance the effective delivery of clinical programs and treatments for individuals and communities.

Our revolutionary new privacy based access control technology gives each participant in the Otekha Switch™ network the ability to access a comprehensive virtual patient record that is standards compliant and privacy controlled. Unlike other interoperability platforms available today, the Otekha Switch™ gives patients themselves the option to participate directly in the management of their personal health information to ensure their privacy is being protected. Otekha Switch™ technology acts as a privacy management layer between Otekha Switch™ healthcare system participants and the personal health information they want to access from other network participants. Auditability and accountability of all Otekha Switch™ participants results in a trusted, connected, and collaborative healthcare system that reduces overall cost and improves patient outcomes.

Big Data Analytics - Otekha Inform™

Otekha Inform™ gives researchers an unprecedented data ocean of de-identified healthcare information. Patient consent driven together with enforcement of Government privacy rules breaks down barriers to effective research and the advancement of new healthcare insights.

Regulatory Compliance

Our healthcare platform meets or exceeds CyberSecure Canada, PIPEDA, PHIPA, HIPAA, HITRUST, 42 CFR Part 2, CCPA, ISO 27001/2, GDPR privacy and technical standards.

Contact

Please feel free to contact our Sales Team:

Sales: sales@otekha.com

All other inquiries: info@otekha.com