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1. www.canada.ca › en › health-canadaVirtual care policy framework - Canada.ca

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   Jul 7, 2021 · Virtual care policy framework. Download the PDF format. (1.21 MB, 15 pages) Organization: Health Canada. Published: 2022-03-31. A product of the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Virtual Care/ Digital Table. July 7, 2021. Health Canada is the federal department responsible for helping the people of Canada maintain and improve their health ...

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2. www.canada.ca › en › health-canadaThe state of virtual care in Canada as of wave three of the ...

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   • Patient and community-centered approaches. Many patients love virtual care. As one provider said, “Patients don’t want to come into the office. They are very resistant to that if it isn’t clinically necessary.”
   • Equity in Access. Access and Equity. At the start of the pandemic, a dramatic loss of in-person access to care providers was soon followed by an unprecedented suspension of formal and informal rules, and then by the introduction of fee codes and tariffs for virtual care.
   • Remuneration. The fee schedule or tariffs were mentioned by the vast majority of people interviewed as being one of the key issues to be solved moving forward.
   • Quality, appropriateness, and safety. Quality, appropriateness, and safety are paramount considerations as we transition to including virtual care as a permanent element of Canada’s health care system.

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4. theconversation.com › who-cares-how-virtual-healthWho cares? How virtual health is changing in-home caregiving

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   Oct 15, 2024 · Published: October 15, 2024 2:23pm EDT. Seventy-five per cent of health care in Canada is provided at home by unpaid family caregivers. Not only is this essential health-care work often ...

5. medicalxpress.com › news › 2024-10-virtual-healthWho cares? How virtual health is changing in-home caregiving

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   Oct 16, 2024 · How virtual health is changing in-home caregiving. Seventy-five percent of health care in Canada is provided at home by unpaid family caregivers. Not only is this essential health-care work often ...

6. www.cambridge.org › core › journalsAligning Virtual Care in Canada with the Needs of Older Adults

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   Currently, policy documents that inform the development of health services for older adults, such as the 2016 Canadian National Seniors Strategy, do not mention virtual care (nor the use of technology to enable such care) in this population (Sinha et al., Reference Sinha, Griffin, Ringer, Reppas-Rindlisbacher, Stewart and Wong 2016).

7. www.canada.ca › en › health-canadaEnhancing equitable access to virtual care in Canada ...

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   Jun 29, 2021 · The Task Team on Equitable Access to Virtual Care (Equity Task Team) was created under the Virtual Care Expert Working Group with a mandate to develop a principle-based framework for equitable access to virtual care and provide guidance and recommendations on the concrete actions that FPT governments can take to ensure that virtual care promotes equity as a critical dimension of quality care.

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   How virtual health is changing in-home caregiving?

   • How virtual health is changing in-home caregiving Some patients who have limited knowledge of digital technology rely on a caregiver to facilitate virtual appointments. (Shutterstock) Who cares? How virtual health is changing in-home caregiving Seventy-five per cent of health care in Canada is provided at home by unpaid family caregivers.

   Who cares? How virtual health is changing in-home caregiving

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   Are younger adults more likely to use virtual care?

   • For instance, Canada Health Infoway's recent analysis on digital health equity (2021) found that younger adults were more likely to use virtual care (i.e., videoconferencing and email/text messaging) compared to older adults during the pandemic Footnote 20.

   Enhancing equitable access to virtual care in Canada: Principle-based

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   Can virtual care improve health services?

   • However, the rapid deployment of virtual care impaired the capacity to constructively apply the appropriate design features required to promote quality of care, and specifically equitable health services.

   Enhancing equitable access to virtual care in Canada: Principle-based

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   What is virtual care?

   • Care is Care. Virtual care is no longer an adjunct therapy; it is a core part of our publicly- funded health delivery system. Key health information components—diagnostic test results, prescriptions, consults, and referrals— should always be created in a usable digital format.

   The state of virtual care in Canada as of wave three of the COVID-19

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   Why is virtual care a problem in Canada?

   • There is differential deployment of these technologies in Canada by jurisdiction, health authority or health service, which results in inequities in virtual care service. Further, the lack of access to reliable, affordable high-speed internet has been a longstanding issue in rural/remote regions of Canada.

   Enhancing equitable access to virtual care in Canada: Principle-based

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   How do we support virtual care?

   • As infrastructure to support virtual care develops, we need to train people in these communities to use that infrastructure. Digital literacy needs to be considered alongside infrastructure investments. Right now, people rely on fax as a (somewhat) reliable way to send health information to remote communities.

   The state of virtual care in Canada as of wave three of the COVID-19

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9. www.cihi.ca › en › virtual-care-in-canadaVirtual care in Canada | CIHI - Canadian Institute for Health ...

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   Apr 13, 2023 · Virtual care has been defined as “any interaction between patients and/or members of their circle of care, occurring remotely, using any forms of communication or information technologies, with the aim of facilitating or maximizing the quality and effectiveness of patient care.” 1. To expand what we know, CIHI will provide key information ...