Integrated healthcare throughout the province has been made a priority by the government of Ontario.1 Such a healthcare system will...
Many patients requiring consultation often face unexpectedly long wait times from the time of their referral to the date of...
Patient-centred care (PCC) is a priority for the Ontario Ministry of Health (MOH).1 Communication between patients and providers is essential...
Although widely occurring, requests for informal consultations from primary care providers to specialists can interrupt a specialist’s work day and...
In Canada, 36% of the population suffers from a Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorder.1 Currently, patients experience a long wait time to...
Communication between providers and patients is crucial to providing effective patient-centered care. The aging population and complex care scenarios create...
Electronic referral (eReferral) is one of the digital health technologies currently deployed in five Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) across...
Virtual visit technologies enable two-way, digital communication between healthcare clinicians and their patients, allowing a clinician to conduct a visit...
In Ontario, there is a growing demand and opportunity to innovate healthcare delivery, making it available when and where patients...
According to the 2017-2018 Health Care Experience Survey, although ninety-four percent (94%) of Ontarians have a family doctor or nurse...
Radiography is an appropriate cost-effective screening test for arthritis in older patients.¹ Evidence shows that although Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)...
In Canada, Orthopedic surgeons are considered the highest consulted specialists1 with more than 900,000 referred Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) patients a...