OTNhub v1.8 has been released and includes a number of enhancements:

Directory

Search
Directory search now includes Guided Search, letting you quickly find sites to host patients for telemedicine, connect with specialists to refer patients, or ask for advice. The results page for each of the Guided Searches includes custom filters to help you narrow the results based on your specific search criteria.

OTN automatically connects your videoconferencing system to your eVisit at its scheduled start time when the event involves three or more systems or the event organizer has requested to auto-initiate the event themselves. While this practice was implemented for your convenience, privacy and security, participants must often call OTN if they are late to a call, or the call happens to get dropped.

Connecting and reconnecting to your events just got easier! A SELF CONNECT feature is now available for multipoint calls in studio-based systems.

Thanks for your feedback. This feature is being implemented to give you the flexibility and control needed to reduce delays and to more easily connect and re-connect to an event. We’ve also made it possible for you to self-schedule and modify events in Ncompass or TSM up to five minutes before an event’s start time.

Here is an overview of all the ways you can self-connect to a videoconferencing call:

OTN welcomes Dr. Geeta Yadav to our Telederm program. Dr. Yadav is a staff dermatologist at Women's College Hospital where she treats patients and teaches residents at the University of Toronto. Her academic interests include access to health care and global health.