The Virtual Health Clinic enhances patient care by virtually providing consultations to admitted patients of the hospitals. Virtual care integrates hospitals, providers, and medical records facilitating a continuous connection between healthcare providers, support staff and patients. The Virtual Health Clinic enables hospitals to avoid budget restrictions, coverage scheduling concerns and provider shortages by operating as a shared care model.
Virtual care within your hospital prevents unnecessary visits by allowing triage nurses to safely direct low acuity patients to the Virtual Health Clinic, reducing wait times and ensuring hospital resources are used effectively and appropriately.
Healthcare providers from across Canada can virtually assess, diagnose, and provide care to hospital inpatients as well as following up with discharged patients, preventing readmission.
of all visits between January 2021 and March 2022 were conducted virtually
of patients who had a virtual encounter with a provider were satisfied with their experience
of patients who had a virtual visit stated they avoided an in-person visit