Built by the community, for the community.

Improving healthcare delivery and patient experience.

In 2001, McMaster University’s Department of Family Medicine created OSCAR (Open Source Clinical Application Resource), a nimble, open-source, browser-based, and extremely versatile EMR.

2001

OSCAR was first developed on a foundation of collaboration to create an EMR that focused on better experiences for clinicians, provided better care for patients, and drove positive health outcomes. Throughout its history, OSCAR has grown and been shaped by its passionate community of clinicians, developers, and academics who have tirelessly worked to improve it.

Over the years, the EMR industry has evolved under forces from physicians, governing bodies and a dynamic technology space that has seen tremendous change in how EMRs are made, delivered and supported. Under these market pressures, several independent OSCAR service providers created businesses developing and supporting branches of the core code. These businesses provided excellent services for users but lacked scalability in a very dynamic technology space.

WELLSTAR saw a variety of innovations being created in the OSCAR community and, in 2020 recognized an opportunity to start bringing together those innovations to deliver them more widely to all OSCAR users. With the acquisition of KAI Innovations, OSCAR Pro was born.

2020

Since then, WELLSTAR has acquired and integrated the best of OSCAR community innovators, including Juno EMR, IndiviCare, and Trinity Healthcare Technologies, to create a powerful, stable and secure EMR platform. WELLSTAR has further continued to invest in these acquisitions to support consolidating several branches of code into OSCAR Pro EMR to enable physicians to manage their patients better and deliver high-quality experiences.

Because WELLSTAR knows that just like patients, no two clinics are exactly the same, WELLSTAR has further invested in building out an integration engine that supports a strong suite of applications to help clinics in a variety of ways. Today OSCAR Pro is one of the most used EMRs in the country and is backed by an organization dedicated to improving the health of Canadians.

Today

About OSCAR Pro and WELLSTAR

OSCAR Pro was acquired by WELLSTAR in 2020, and we now operate as part of Canada’s leading healthcare technology ecosystem, benefiting from the comprehensive resources and expertise of a company that serves over 40% of practitioners nationwide.

As a member of the WELLSTAR universe, we offer our customers enhanced interoperability, expanded support capabilities, and access to cutting-edge innovations across the entire spectrum of healthcare technology. Our clients benefit from WELLSTAR’s mission to reshape healthcare through digital enablement, while continuing to receive the personalized service and specialized expertise that OSCAR Pro has always provided.

Together with WELLSTAR, a majority-owned subsidiary of WELL Health, we’re committed to empowering providers to deliver exceptional patient outcomes through advanced, connected healthcare technology solutions.

Our team

Improving healthcare delivery and patient experience.

Paul Casey

President, OSCAR EMR

Muhammad Noman

Director, Engineering

Chris Owens

VP, Innovation

Caitlin Slavik

Director, Customer Support

Laura Goodwin

Director, Client Success

Kelly Morris

Director, Product Management

Chris Hollman

Director, Implementations

Ready to contribute to the evolution of healthcare with
OSCAR Pro?

We’re always looking for passionate, innovative professionals to join our team and contribute to the continued success of our platform. Whether you’re interested in technology development, customer support, or healthcare solutions, there’s a place for you to make a meaningful impact.