How can digital health move health-care delivery from a physician-centred world to a patient-centred world? First, we must engage the patient in the design of modalities. Services must be easy to use. Policy & regs must encourage "digital first". OTN - now Ontario Health #CMAHealthSummit

This excellent post by Paul Taylor tells the story of OTN Invite - a pilot in Ontario that enables specialist home video visits. health.sunnybrook.ca/navigator/onli…

Thanks for the article CMAJ Our pilot program showed that patients really appreciate being able to text their own primary care doctor and most of the 200+ participating docs liked it too. This is one place our health system needs to go next!

Thanks LongwoodsNotes for publishing and promoting our essays and for all the work you do contributing to our health system conversation!

The doctor can see you now....at home! theglobeandmail.com/life/health-an…

Neurologists Queen's U Department of Medicine experiences with eVisits, profiled on the OTN - now Ontario Health website as the "Model of Care" to inform provincial policy and/or clinical guidelines for video visits. bit.ly/2PfgkOK Congratulations! Queen's Health Sciences

Telemedicine proven effective for treating opioid addictions in the North | Northern Ontario School of Medicine nosm.ca/2019/10/25/tel…

This is a fabulous telemedicine program providing access to specialists for patients living with inflammatory bowel disease.

Thank you to the Solcz Family Foundation and Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital for your innovation and commitment to helping people living with substance abuse issues.

Everyone using OTN - now Ontario Health to access eConsultBASE™ check out the new features

Minister Elliott has announced the Digital First for Health strategy. In the first phase, patients will be able to connect with their doctors via video visits using their own devices, and doctors will now be compensated just as if it were an in-person visit.

Virtual visits just became a whole lot more mainstream in Ontario. Here’s how. otn.ca/blog/video-vis…

Soon enough, virtual visits, incl video & secure messaging, will be more common than in-person visits in ⁦⁦⁦Ontario Ministry of Health⁩ .At that point we won’t be talking virtual care anymore; it will just be called ‘health care’. #primarycare Christine Elliott otn.ca/blog/video-vis…

We'll be at Beyond Technology: Digital Health as an Enabler of Integrated Care by Ontario Hospital Association,exploring the benefits and overcoming the challenges to successful digital transformation in health care. Register -> ow.ly/Dbd250xMHBp

In response to the pandemic crisis, the Ontario Ministry of Health has implemented temporary fee codes that enable physicians to bill for a greatly expanded scope of virtual care - including both audio and video visits - using any appropriate technology health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/program…

There's a new custom in downtown Vancouver. Every evening at 7 PM people come out on their balconies to clap and cheer for their health professionals. They are recognizing the front line heroes in this epic new war we find ourselves in.

As ⁦Paul Taylor⁩ says - as a result of the pandemic ... “Almost overnight, virtual care has become the norm.” healthydebate.ca/personal-healt…

The second episode of our Digital Health InfoCast podcast is now available! Tune in to hear from Michael Green, Dr. Ed M. Brown and Dr. Philip Lam and learn more about #virtualcare and its impact for Canadians during #COVID19. bit.ly/3dERKkd

Useful guidance from Dr Simpson and committee - virtual care has been essential in providing routine care in the community during the pandemic and has a central role in helping to safely restart much care that has been deferred