Across the country, health teams are making real progress on digital transformation—and with that, the era of coordinating patient care by fax machines is finally ending. Today, every clinic that moves a referral from paper to a secure digital workflow removes...
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Get your clinic ready for flu season with Ocean (2025 Update)
Flu season is approaching, and with vaccination rates dipping across Canada compared to last year, clinics have an important role to play in making it easy for patients to get their shots. Ocean can help streamline that process, giving your team the tools to reach...
How clinics use Health Messenger to enhance patient experience
Since launching Ocean Health Messenger last year, we’ve seen an incredible response from patients and clinics alike. With its sleek mobile-friendly interface and growing set of features, Health Messenger is more than just a messaging tool. It’s a central part of the...
Streamline new patient intake with Ocean
Managing new patient intake is a time-consuming task for most clinics, especially when demand is high, and staff are stretched thin. From tracking interest to collecting required paperwork, the process can involve a lot of manual effort. That’s why many clinics are...
From our Experts: Five Forms for Digital Success
Want to optimize your form usage? Today we’ve tapped into the expertise of our Practice Consultant team. They work together with clinics like you every day to get you set up for success. They’re the pros when it comes to knowing which Ocean Forms save the most time,...
Introducing Ocean Academy – A new way to explore Ocean!
We’re excited to announce the launch of Ocean Academy, our new video-based learning management system designed to help you make the most of your Ocean experience. Whether you’re setting up for the first time or brushing up on best practices, the Ocean Academy provides...
Top 5 Digital Health Tools for Primary Care in 2025
It’s a new year and digital health adoption in Canada continues to grow at an impressive rate. If you’ve been thinking about introducing new tools at your clinic, now’s the perfect time to get started. According to Canada Health Infoway, 92% of Canadians want...
Welcome Aboard! Meet OceanMD’s Newest Team Members
Over the past six months, we've had the honour of welcoming nine incredible new team members to OceanMD! To introduce them properly, we've asked each of them a quick question - ranging from career insights to fun facts - so check out their responses below! Interested...
Make Your Patient Emails More Helpful (and Less Confusing!)
Ocean’s Patient Messages and Reminders are a great way for clinics to streamline patient communication. However, writing messages that are clear, concise, and engaging is just as important as sending them in the first place! Poorly written messages can lead to...
Make the most of your automated Patient Reminders
Ocean’s automated appointment reminders are an easy way to improve your patient experience, reduce no-shows, and increase overall clinic efficiency. Whether you are new to reminders, or looking to make the most of your existing setup, this article will provide some...
Enhancing specialist workflows with OceanMD’s patient engagement tools
While many specialists and healthcare services across Canada are already familiar with the benefits of Ocean eReferrals, there are opportunities to go even further with tools that improve practice efficiency. Beyond eReferrals, patient engagement tools like online...
Dr. Doug’s Desk: Reflections on AI scribes in clinical practice
Dr. Doug KavanaghThe following is a post from Dr. Doug Kavanagh, co-founder and medical director of OceanMD and practising family physician with the North York Family Heath Team.As a family physician who has spent a large portion of my 18+ year medical career building...
Great Question! Top 5 Ocean Support Answers for Online Booking
Focus on Online Booking Welcome to the first edition of our “Support Questions of the Month” series! Our support team works hard to answer hundreds of tickets a month so we thought it would be helpful to highlight some of the most common online booking questions our...
Introducing Ocean Health Messenger!
After several months of testing with our end users, we're excited to announce the release of Ocean Health Messenger! Health Messenger is a significant upgrade to our patient messaging experience that focuses on intuitive design and mobile accessibility. Continue...
Ocean-Strata Integration Streamlines Community Referrals for Surrey Place
We are thrilled to announce a groundbreaking collaboration between OceanMD, Strata Health, Surrey Place, Developmental Services Ontario Toronto Region (DSO-TR), and the Ontario eServices Program to improve the referral process for patients with developmental...

