PainChek makes Edmonton its North American HQ

EDMONTON – PainChek, an Australian well being expertise firm specializing in AI-assisted ache evaluation options, has formally established its Canadian headquarters within the Edmonton Metropolitan Area, marking the corporate’s entry into the North American market.

PainChek developed the world’s first regulatory-cleared medical machine that makes use of AI-driven facial recognition and sensible automation to evaluate and rating ache ranges, significantly for non-verbal sufferers, like these dwelling with dementia. This instrument improves the standard of care, strengthens medical decision-making, and helps caregivers in monitoring sufferers whose capability to self-report fluctuates over time.

With rising international demand and confirmed success in markets comparable to Australia and the UK, in addition to greater than 1,000 licenses already in place throughout Canada, PainChek chosen the Edmonton area as its base for North American enlargement. Canadian purchasers are already utilizing PainChek seamlessly alongside current medical techniques, together with PointClickCare.

Edmonton-based purchasers embrace St. Michael’s Well being Group and Sherwood Care, which have been utilizing PainChek to evaluate and handle ache in long-term care residents since 2023.

Tatsiana Haidukevich, director, resident care at St. Michael’s Well being Group, commented: “PainChek represents greatest observe, one thing we delight ourselves on at St. Michael’s. We’re dedicated to giving the very best quality of care to our residents, and instruments like PainChek assist us to do that. Our nurses now really feel higher geared up, extra empowered, and extra thorough when conducting ache assessments.”

Kathy Fortunat, CEO at Sherwood Care, stated: “PainChek has remodeled care in our residence. It not solely enhances the standard of life for residents dwelling with dementia or who’re non-verbal, nevertheless it additionally improves the work expertise for our workers. The app makes assessments fast, correct, and easy—transferring us away from paper-based techniques to a instrument that’s each environment friendly and straightforward to make use of.”

As well as, the latest enlargement of the packages at Bethany Seniors and Perley Well being have efficiently demonstrated the worth of PainChek. These packages highlighted enhancements in medical outcomes and ease of integration into current workflows.

The area’s repute as a hub for well being innovation, together with its strengths in synthetic intelligence, expertise, and life sciences, made Edmonton the perfect location to anchor development.

From its new headquarters, PainChek will set up partnerships throughout healthcare and analysis sectors, whereas scaling its operations to fulfill rising demand throughout North America – additional reinforcing the Edmonton area’s place as a pacesetter in digital well being innovation.

“Establishing our North American headquarters in Edmonton represents a big step in PainChek’s international development technique. With greater than 1,000 licenses already deployed in Canada, we’re properly positioned to broaden our presence on this vital market. Edmonton’s strengths in well being innovation and expertise present the perfect setting for scaling our revolutionary ache evaluation answer and constructing partnerships that can drive long-term impression throughout the care sector,” stated Philip Daffas (pictured), CEO and managing director, PainChek.