Skyping, texting and messaging are all second nature to the younger generation.
It's with this trust and comfort with technology that the Central East LHIN has taken a technological step to making sure Durham residents, especially younger ones, have access to health specialists from across Canada.
Weiterlesen: CA: Ontario: Telemedicine nurses use technology for better health care
The Ontario Telemedicine Network uses two-way computer videoconferencing to provide patients with access to care in hospitals and health-care locations across the province, as well as enabling educational programs and meetings for health-care professionals and patients.
Across the Central East Local Health Integration Network, 20 telemedicine nurses have been recruited and the service has been made available at more than 80 sites.
Weiterlesen: CA: Ontario: Telemedicine comes to Northumberland Hills Hospital
More residents living in the Central East LHIN will benefit from specialist care closer to home as the LHIN supports its health service providers to recruit 20 new telemedicine nurses to expand care delivery.
For patients this will mean improved access to health care, less travel and an increase in the types of health care services available at more than 80 telemedicine sites across the LHIN’s Scarborough, Durham and North East clusters.
Weiterlesen: CA: Ontario: Technology Helping to Improve Access to Care
To find out, eHealth Saskatchewan will begin a public engagement campaign when it launches its website: www.ehealth-sk.ca on July 30.
The public will have until Aug. 31 to participate in a short online survey that will ask questions such as, "Who do you believe should have access to your electronic health record?" and "What type of services related to your electronic health record are important to you?"
“The implementation of the DR in the fall of 2011 is an important step toward achieving province-wide electronic health records (EHRs) for Ontarians,” the web site said, prior to a major overhaul launched at the end of June.
Which it would have been, had it been true.