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This guidance and related tools are intended to help primary care clinicians and those planning and delivering virtual primary care to be purposeful and deliberate in their use of virtual care modalities.
Jun 4, 2024 · The researchers predictive model suggests the changes will not support continued high provision of virtual care, but reduce it, especially for the estimated 2.2 to 4.6 million people in Ontario without a primary care doctor.
If we are to help ensure that virtual care is accessible to all Canadians, we need to think about the breadth and depth of data required — to better understand the appropriateness of care, patient experiences and value for money around virtual care implementation.
Nov 14, 2023 · For many, virtual consultations provided a safe and convenient alternative to in-person appointments within the context of COVID-19. Survey results show that Canadians increasingly used virtual consultations (by phone or by video) as an alternate means to access the healthcare services they needed.
Virtual care use in Canada. According to Canada Health Infoway data published in June 2021, rates of virtual care use in Canada rose from 10%–20% in 2019 to 60% of all health care visits across provider categories in April 2020, falling back to 40% of all visits in 2021.
Nov 27, 2023 · New research from McMaster University has found that not only is virtual care a safe way to hold medical appointments, but that patients and physicians were able to use it appropriately and effectively with minimal guidance.
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More virtual care options: Expanding availability of video visits and enabling other virtual care tools such as secure messaging. Additionally, providers will be able to leverage a variety of virtual care technologies that best meet the needs of their patients.
