Scaling up virtual care in Canada: Addressing the barriers to capitalize on the opportunities

By Dr. Gigi Osler In the world of medicine, we are living in an incredibly exciting time. Remarkable innovations in everything from minimally invasive surgery to biologic treatments continue to improve health outcomes. Yet in Canada, we struggle to evolve our models of health care delivery- models that have essentially remained unchanged since the 1960s. Although the world we live in has changed a great deal, with technology at the centre of many daily transactions, health care delivery has changed very little. The time has come for new technologies which enable virtual care to be integrated into our health care system. A survey conducted last summer by the CMA confirmed that Canadians are ready: seven out of 10 would take advantage of virtual physicians’ visits, if it were

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