Healthcare software development in Canada
SofTx is a Toronto healthcare software company. We design, build, and integrate secure software for hospitals, imaging networks, clinics, and health-tech teams, with Canadian privacy rules and clinical workflow planned from the start.
Custom software for Canadian healthcare
One team across product design, engineering, AI, integration, and security.
Hospital software
Scheduling, intake, document automation, and internal tools designed around how clinical teams work.
Radiology and imaging AI
CT triage, ultrasound analysis, and review portals that fit into existing PACS and RIS workflows.
EHR, PACS and RIS integration
Connections built on DICOM, HL7, FHIR, and vendor APIs, with access control and audit logging included.
Clinical AI you control
AI features that can run on your own infrastructure, so patient data can stay in your environment.
Regulated medical software
Support for verification, validation, and regulatory planning when software qualifies as a medical device.
Healthcare cybersecurity
Proactive security testing and engineering for hospitals and clinics facing AI-driven threats.
What changes when you build for Canadian healthcare
Canadian healthcare software has to account for provincial law, federal rules, and systems that vary by hospital.
| Requirement | What it means | How we handle it |
|---|---|---|
| Provincial privacy law | Ontario's PHIPA, Alberta's HIA, and Quebec's health information law set different rules for custodians, access, and breaches. | We map the applicable laws first, then design consent, access, and audit features to match. |
| PIPEDA | Federal privacy law can apply to private-sector organizations such as health-tech vendors, including breach reporting duties. | We build breach-ready logging and clear data inventories into the product. |
| Health Canada | Software intended for diagnosis or treatment can be a medical device. Class II to IV devices need a licence. | We review intended use early so classification doesn't force a rebuild later. |
| Data residency | Many hospitals and provincial programs expect patient data to stay in Canada. | We deploy on-premise or in Canadian cloud regions and keep model traffic inside that boundary. |
| Interoperability | Canadian hospitals run a mix of HL7 v2, FHIR, and DICOM across EHR, PACS, and RIS platforms from different vendors. | We integrate with what you already run instead of asking you to replace it. |
| Cyber obligations | Ontario hospitals now have maturity assessment and 72-hour incident reporting duties under O. Reg. 51/26. | We build software with those duties in mind and can test it against current attack methods. |
From first conversation to deployment
Working software early, so clinicians and IT can react to the real thing.
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Discover
A short sprint with your clinical and IT teams on workflow, data, privacy, and integration.
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Prototype
A clickable prototype in about a week, so decisions are based on something you can use.
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Pilot
A pilot build in 2–4 weeks, using real architecture and security patterns.
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Deploy and support
Rollout into your environment with monitoring, documentation, and ongoing support.
Clinical research and product engineering, together
SofTx was co-founded by Pascal Tyrrell, Director of Data Science in the University of Toronto's Department of Medical Imaging, and Ali Geramy, our Chief Technology Officer, who leads technical strategy and product development.
Our work includes imaging AI and clinical tooling built with healthcare and research teams.
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Ask us something elseYes. SofTx Innovations Inc. is based in Toronto and builds software for healthcare and research teams. Co-founder Pascal Tyrrell is Director of Data Science in the University of Toronto's Department of Medical Imaging.
Yes. We build radiology AI and review portals, scheduling and intake systems, document automation, and custom applications connected to the systems hospitals already run, including PACS, RIS, and EHR platforms through DICOM, HL7, FHIR, and vendor APIs.
Yes. We can deploy on-premise inside your network or in Canadian cloud regions, and design AI features around models that run on infrastructure you control, so patient data does not need to leave your environment.
It depends on what the software does. Software intended to help diagnose or treat patients can be regulated as a medical device, and Class II to IV devices need a medical device licence. We work through intended use early, because that decision shapes the architecture, testing, and documentation. Your regulatory advisor should confirm the final classification.
Usually a combination. Provinces have their own health-information laws, such as PHIPA in Ontario and the Health Information Act in Alberta, while PIPEDA can apply to private-sector organizations such as health-tech vendors. We map the laws that apply to your deployment before design begins.
After a short discovery sprint, a clickable prototype usually takes about a week and a pilot build takes 2–4 weeks. Timelines for regulated products depend on the validation and approvals they need.
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