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Jun 29, 2021 · - Fee negotiator “Virtual care is great for safety of not going in person during this time and other times (e.g., flu season). for people who are not as mobile, it is much easier to have virtual care. You don’t have to worry about transportation, or spending whole day between transportation and the waiting room.” - Patient
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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.
the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada released the Virtual Care Task Force (VCTF) report as a roadmap for expanding the use of virtual care in Canada. Since the release of the report, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a major acceleration in the use of virtual care both in Canada and globally.
Virtual urgent care centres also saw increased usage over the 2 fiscal years in operation. Visit volumes rose from close to 8,000 in 2020–2021 to over 27,000 in 2021–2022 due to an increased duration of operation within the fiscal year as well as to increased awareness and use of the service.
Business groups, insurers, and virtual care providers urge the government to keep these employer-paid virtual care services intact. They fear that a ban on out-of-pocket fees for primary care could inadvertently eliminate access to these benefits, and removing this option could worsen the ongoing healthcare accessibility crisis, particularly given the significant number of Canadians who ...
On June 22-23, 2021 a federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) Virtual Care Summit (Summit) was held to discuss the policy enablers underpinning virtual care and to identify key considerations for a national action plan to maintain the unprecedented momentum spurred by the pandemic in the delivery of virtual care services.
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Apr 13, 2023 · April 13, 2023 — Virtual health care has rapidly expanded in most sectors of care across Canada during the pandemic. Initially implemented to reduce the spread of COVID-19 by maintaining physical distancing, it may offer benefits beyond the pandemic, including improving Canadians’ access to care and reducing costs for health systems and ...
