Virtual Care

• New Brunswick vows improvements to virtual care after criticism of new provider

  John Dornan says the volume of renewal requests was much higher than anticipated because the previous provider didn't share that data with the province.

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  Jul 15
  
• Virtual platform aims to provide quicker access to New Brunswick health care

  A new virtual care platform is aimed at helping patients get quick non-emergency care while easing pressure on the health-care system.

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  Jul 3
  
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• Quebec hospital uses virtual reality to help with nurse shortage

  Nurse Melissa Plourde is wearing a virtual reality headset during one of her rounds and she is not playing games. What she's doing, though, is a real game-changer in health care.

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  Jun 20, 2024
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• Nova Scotia man faces difficulties refilling opioid prescription, no primary care

  Confusion and misinformation within the health care system left a Halifax man waiting in the ER for three days, trying to refill his prescription.

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  Mar 10, 2023
• No evidence enrolled patients subbed ER for virtual family doctor visits: OMA study

  The study says there was no evidence the pivot to virtual visits by family doctors at the outset of the pandemic led patients to turn to emergency departments instead.

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  Jan 23, 2023
• Billed as remedy for doctor shortage, virtual medicine in N.S. hits bottleneck

  Virtual medicine offered a novel way for patients to see doctors and alleviate chronic pressure on a strained health system, but some say the promise has proven illusory.

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  Dec 7, 2022
• Drop in virtual care fees could lead to ‘unintended consequences,’ Ontario doctors warn

  An Ontario government and OMA agreement would see a drop in fees for virtual care visits beginning on Dec. 1, but doctors says the lower fees will dissuade virtual visits.

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  Nov 25, 2022
• Addictions docs, Ontario government reach virtual care deal after outcry from physicians

  There are about 600 addictions doctors who specialize in that therapy -- about 200 of them use virtual care.

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  Oct 6, 2022
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• LHSC to extend virtual pediatric urgent care clinic beyond pandemic

  The service currently provides families a chance to discuss a child condition's with a pediatric emergency room physician by video.

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  Apr 22, 2022
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• Quebec auditor general concerned about booming telemedicine, quality of care

  The auditor general says the Health Department has not provided a framework for when consultations can be carried out remotely and when a physical examination is required.

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  Mar 16, 2022