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How COVID-19 has pushed health care into the virtual world, helping patients get treated at home

from CBC News

How COVID-19 has pushed health care into the virtual world, helping patients get treated at home CBC News Amid all the tragic news surrounding COVID-19 in Canada, the tens of thousands of cases and the thousands of deaths, the pandemic is also bringing about much needed change in the health-care system, according to one of the country's top doctors. Dr. Barry Rubin, the medical director at Toronto's Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, says the novel coronavirus has forced clinicians to make virtual care a much bigger part of treating patients. In fact, he says, the pandemic has brought about changes in just a few weeks that have eluded health-care professionals for decades. READ MORE

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