McMaster University Department of Family Medicine

What McMaster University Department of Family Medicine does

McMaster University Department of Family Medicine is an academic department within the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University, a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario. Founded in 1967, it operates across three integrated missions: clinical care, education, and research. The department runs the McMaster Family Health Team, a network of three academic teaching clinics (McMaster Family Practice, Stonechurch Family Health Centre, and Maternity Centre of Hamilton) that deliver primary care to over 40,000 patients in the Hamilton region with 90+ healthcare providers at each major site. It offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and enhanced-skills residency training across multiple teaching sites, with new geographic expansion planned for Guelph and rural-stream programming in Fergus starting July 2026.

Name

McMaster University Department of Family Medicine

Legal name

McMaster University Department of Family Medicine

Website

https://fammed.mcmaster.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

McMaster University Department of Family Medicine is an academic department within McMaster University's Faculty of Health Sciences that delivers primary care to over 40,000 Hamilton-region patients through three teaching clinics, trains family medicine residents, and conducts primary care research.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Family Medicine Education and Primary Care

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (62111), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) & Teaching Hospitals (HLAFAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ), Healthcare & Medical Licensure Exam Prep (USMLE/COMLEX, NCLEX, Dentistry, Pharmacy, PA) (EDANAIAA), Emergency Medical Services (EMT/Paramedic) Training (EDAOAMAC)

Keywords

• Family medicine education
• Primary healthcare services
• Open source EMR
• Medical residency training
• Primary care research

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamilton

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

McMaster University Department of Family Medicine delivers academic family medicine education (undergraduate, postgraduate residency, and enhanced skills programs), primary clinical care through the McMaster Family Health Team (three clinics serving 40,000+ patients in the Hamilton region), and primary care research across programs such as Health TAPESTRY, CP@clinic, and TAPER. It also develops and maintains OSCAR-EMR, one of Canada's leading open-source electronic medical record systems distributed through affiliated partner WELL EMR Group.

Product overview

McMaster University Department of Family Medicine operates as an academic department offering healthcare services, education, and research programs. The core products include OSCAR-EMR (open-source electronic medical record), Health TAPESTRY (interprofessional primary care program for older adults), CP@clinic (community paramedicine wellness program), TAPER (polypharmacy management), and the McMaster Family Health Team network of three clinics. The department also offers specialized services including eating disorder clinic, GPS palliative care navigators, Indigenous Teaching Through Art program, and Prison Health Research Council. Research infrastructure includes the Canadian Atlas of Palliative Care, MUSIC practice-based research network, PEACH Health Ontario sustainability program, and David Braley Primary Care Research Collaborative. OSCAR-EMR serves as the technical platform enabling third-party integrations via apps.health.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OSCAR-EMR: Open-source electronic medical record software created by Dr. David Chan and McMaster University, now one of the top EMRs in Canada with a community of clinicians from McMaster, Queens, McGill, UBC, and thousands of physicians across diverse practice settings.

Products and services

• OSCAR-EMR
• Health TAPESTRY
• CP@clinic (Community Paramedicine at Clinic)
• TAPER (Team Approach to Polypharmacy Evaluation and Reduction)
• McMaster Family Health Team
• Eating Disorder Support Clinic
• GPS Health Navigators
• MUSIC (McMaster University Sentinel and Information Collaboration)
• PEACH Health Ontario
• Family Medicine Residency Training Program
• Community Paramedicine CME for Family Physicians
• Prison Health Research Council
• Canadian Atlas of Palliative Care
• Indigenous Teaching Through Art (ITTA)
• David Braley Primary Care Research Collaborative

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 40,000 patients served through McMaster Family Health Team clinics
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Guelph Family Health TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 June 2026New family medicine residency training site at Guelph Executive Family Health Team. Ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 10, 2026, with program starting July 1, 2026. Will welcome 4 learners annually into the two-year program and serve as hub for academic programming for rural-stream residents in Fergus.
• Sunraysia Community Health ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 March 2024Sunraysia Community Health Services secured $1.4 million (AUD) funding for CP@clinic implementation across Victoria, Australia. First site piloted in December 2022, expanded to two other community health services. McMaster team led by Dr. Gina Agarwal provides program elements including SMART database, training, materials, and evaluation.
• WELL EMR GroupcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWELL EMR Group is the affiliated organization that offers OSCAR software, serving as the primary channel for distribution of the EMR system. Contact: [email protected]. McMaster invites other organizations wishing to affiliate and offer OSCAR software to contact them.
• Well Health Technologies (apps.health)coreTechnology or IntegrationWell Health Technologies created apps.health to coordinate, confirm and profile authorized integrations with OSCAR software. Each app profile lists the version(s) of OSCAR for which integration has been confirmed as meeting minimum standard requirements for security and privacy.
• Body BravecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to establish a first-of-its-kind embedded eating disorder support clinic in primary care at McMaster Family Practice. Body Brave provides evidence-informed tools, training, and low-barrier supports. The program reaches 2,200 clients annually and has trained 1,500+ healthcare professionals since 2017.
• Rittenhouse: A New VisionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTiina Eldridge, executive director of Rittenhouse: A New Vision (transformative justice non-profit), is partnering with the Prison Health Research Council for the Post Incarceration Syndrome mapping initiative.
• La Trobe UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLa Trobe University collaborates with McMaster University on CP@clinic implementation and evaluation in Australia, providing academic partnership and research support.
• Healthcare Excellence CanadaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-year collaboration with hospices and community health center supporting GPS Health Navigators program design and expansion for refugee claimants in Ontario.
• Hamilton Family Health TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPEACH Health Ontario works closely with Hamilton Family Health Team on their Green Initiative, including launching a Green Office Award program aimed at family medicine offices.
• Canadian Coalition for Green Health CarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPEACH Health Ontario collaborates with the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care on sustainability projects including Circular Clinical Care (reducing single-use plastics), Healthy Capital (sustainable investment), and Net-Zero Ready healthcare buildings.
• Bruyère Research InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on palliative care research including studies on care patterns for patients with heart failure, COPD, and kidney failure. Sarina Isenberg holds a position at Bruyère and collaborated on ICES study showing coordinated care improves end-of-life outcomes.
• Native Women's Association of CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with McMaster University and University of Toronto on research describing incarceration rates in Ontario provincial correctional facilities, highlighting disproportionate impact on Black and Indigenous communities.
• ICEScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICES (Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences) collaborates on research including studies on physician continuity at end-of-life and coordinated care outcomes for patients with organ failure.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mcmasterfammed
• GitHubbitbucket.org/oscaremr
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCRtbqpXc9wjg5SdupVgE4Bg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mcmasterfammed
• Instagraminstagram.com/mcmasterfammed

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles23 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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