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- Many provinces in Canada have turned to virtual care to lift pressure from their strained health-care systems. Hospitals have been able to divert patients from crowded emergency rooms, and it's been used to deal with problems caused by a nation-wide shortage of health-care workers and long waiting lists for family doctors.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/provinces-virtual-health-care-panacea-1.6696009Is virtual care a cure for Canada's battered health-care system?
Ensure that appropriate virtual care services are funded as part of the publicly funded health care system. Make equity a fundamental principle underpinning the delivery of virtual care in Canada. Promote guidance for providers and patients on the appropriate use of virtual care.
- 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.
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 ...
Virtual care is showing its value across Canada’s health care sectors, following its rapid escalation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.4, 5 Health systems are recognizing how virtual care can address the diverse needs of patients and health care providers to deliver safe, timely and equitable care.
Jun 29, 2021 · As governments look to embed virtual care as a permanent feature of publicly funded health systems, the Equity Task Team urges jurisdictions to deliberately design and implement virtual care in a way that enhances equity and more broadly supports a more equitable, publicly funded health care system.
Virtual care. Virtual care companies allow people to see doctors and other medical professionals remotely and on demand by using their smartphone, tablet or computer. With the COVID-19 pandemic driving increased demand for health care and promoting a policy of social distancing, virtual care services are quickly expanding.
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This report explores the current landscape of Canadian virtual care data and information. It includes a snapshot of available virtual care data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), the provinces and territories, and pan-Canadian health care organizations.
