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There are some incredible innovators and leaders among Ontario’s healthcare community who have advanced the use of telemedicine in the province. We wanted to take a moment to give them some well-deserved recognition.
The Champions of Telemedicine Award was established to celebrate the outstanding contributions of these leaders within each of the 14 Ontario LHINs, and a leader within Ontario’s aboriginal community. OTN’s front-line staff and community partners nominated individuals for this award, and then Champions were selected based on their achievements in the following areas:
Demonstrates leadership among peers and inspires the adoption of telemedicine in their practice, hospital, program or community to help... | |
![]() | If you see a guy holding a white hockey puck to his forehead, that’ll be Jesse Hirsh. If you see a guy checking his heart rate on his watch, that’ll be Ed Brown.
At OTN’s fabulously successful March 30 Hackathon, Jesse interviewed Ed about the future of connected, virtual health care. The first topic on the agenda was the engaged patient. That segued rather quickly to comparisons of personal health monitoring devices. Jesse showed the audience his Scanadu Scout. It looks like a hockey puck and measures blood pressure, heart rate, temperature and blood oxygen levels, sending the data to your iPhone. Ed, who has a Peak Basis watch that monitors heart rate, among other things, pulled out his smart phone, calling it the... |
![]() | Have you and your telemedicine colleagues ever wondered how often you use telemedicine compared to other areas of the province? Or how much telemedicine activity occurred in one LHIN versus another LHIN? Or what kinds of therapeutic areas of care were most popular over OTN’s network?
We’ve revamped the way we present our provincial and LHIN data to include historical information that can be displayed in a series of interactive Google Charts. Here’s a quick overview of what you can see with our new interactive LHIN charts (click to view):
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Ontario’s newest innovation in virtual care continues OTN’s leadership in the field. Finally, technology has been developed that facilitates care delivery through the Internet, on PCs or laptops, with sharp clear images and little transmission delay.
OTN CEO Dr. Ed Brown on Personal Video Conferencing.
Sign up for Personal Videoconferencing.
Any member of the Ontario healthcare community can apply to use OTN’s Personal Videoconferencing service. Specialists, whose expertise may be unavailable in communities across Ontario, can now provide care in real-time from their home or office, thereby extending the reach of their practice. Travel time for the consultant... | |
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