07:12 AM EDT, 07/04/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Telus ( TU ) (T.TO, TU) on Thursday said it is collaborating with Nova Scotia Health (NSH) to help the province's residents access their primary care information through the YourHealthNS app. This initiative follows a pilot project earlier this year.

TELUS Health already supports most of Nova Scotia's clinicians with electronic medical records (EMRs). It will now use its integrated data platform to extract relevant patient summary data from the EMRs to provide patients with seamless and secure access to their health information.

The health data interoperability initiative marks the first large-scale effort in Canada to standardize and connect primary care data, the company said.