Viewing articles in the ‘Telehealth’ topic.
November 6, 2024
BURNABY, BC – Fraser Health Virtual Care is a contact centre where individuals can connect with a registered nurse or dietitian to assess their concerns and access the most appropriate health information or resource.
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September 30, 2024
The Toronto Grace Health Centre, an urban hospital specializing in complex, continuing care and post-surgical rehab, has large ambitions when it comes to telehealth. Read More
September 30, 2024
HAMILTON, ONT. – By combining clinical care with research, the virtual care program at Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University – now called Continuus Health – has been able to reduce the length-of-stay of certain groups of hospital patients by two days. Read More
September 30, 2024
North West Telepharmacy Solutions is a banner of The North West Company and is known to lead an innovative telepharmacy practice. This article highlights a program incorporating telepharmacists to deliver best practices in virtual, team-based care. Read More
September 4, 2024
CHILLIWACK, BC – When faced with increasing referrals and a need to bring in more staff, the Speech Language Pathology Team at Chilliwack General Hospital saw an opportunity to use technology to their advantage. Their vision was to implement a plan that removed geographical recruitment barriers and allowed patients and clinicians to connect easily.
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September 3, 2024
TORONTO – Ontario’s Health811 service, which evolved from the province’s traditional, nurse-led telephone service, Telehealth Ontario, has rapidly expanded its range of capabilities since launching in 2022. It continues to offer access to nurses via telephone, but it’s now also providing a host of computer and smartphone-based options, including chat and video. Read More
August 21, 2024
VICTORIA, BC – People are receiving safe, timely acute care from their own homes through the newly expanded Hospital at Home (HaH) program at Cowichan District Hospital (CDH). HaH is an internationally recognized model that is both safe and effective, and is designed to improve patient comfort, privacy and independence.
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August 21, 2024
REGINA – Lumeca Health, a leading provider of innovative healthcare communication solutions, and FirstHx, a clinician-led pioneer in AI-powered patient intake solutions, are thrilled to announce a strategic integration aimed at making the delivery of care more efficient.
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August 14, 2024
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s seniors will be supported to stay in their homes longer with a new virtual service that provides some of the essential support of a long-term care facility in their own home. The Long-term Care at Home program (LTC@Home) equips seniors’ homes with technology for virtual care and monitoring, customized to an individual’s needs and monitored by a care team who checks in if an alert is received. It also includes respite care to help alleviate family caregiver burnout, extending their ability to care for a loved one in the home longer.
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July 24, 2024
VANCOUVER – UniDoc Health Corp., an innovator in the eHealth sector, is proud to announce the deployment of an AI-equipped H3 Health Cube to Okhmatdyt, Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital.
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