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Virtual care can make all the difference when treating the most vulnerable patients

from CBC News

Virtual care can make all the difference when treating the most vulnerable patients CBC News As physician clinics begin to re-open, we need to ensure virtual medicine remains a permanent fixture in our health care system — particularly for young patients with special needs. Prior to the pandemic, virtual care through videoconferencing instead of face-to-face visits with a doctor comprised a small portion of patient assessments. Barriers to development have included regulatory problems and old policies that fail to address virtual matters, security concerns, a lack of compensation mechanisms, and issues surrounding digital infrastructure. But COVID-19 isolation measures have spurred the adoption of virtual assessments out of necessity. READ MORE

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