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Monday, February 18, 2013 is Family Day in Ontario

Mon, 02/11/2013 - 10:33

OTN will observe a reduced service schedule that day, with Service Desk offering limited phone support for urgent or emergent calls only.  The Contact Centre will be closed. 

We hope that this information helps you to manage your telemedicine activity that day while we incorporate this statutory holiday into our business processes.

OTN Holiday Hours

Mon, 12/17/2012 - 12:21

OTN offices will be closed Tuesday, December 25, 2012 to Wednesday, January 2, 2013.


Service Desk will remain open during the holiday period, offering limited phone support. On-call staff will respond to urgent calls, with non-essential business matters reviewed upon the resumption of full activity on January 2nd, 2013.


We hope that this information helps you to manage your Telemedicine activity during this period. On behalf of everyone at OTN, we would like to wish you and yours a very peaceful holiday season!

Government and OMA Protecting Gains in Health Care

Thu, 12/13/2012 - 10:24

The McGuinty government and the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) have tentatively agreed on a new Physician Services Agreement that runs to March 2014.

The OMA Board of Directors has unanimously recommended the agreement for ratification by its members.  The physician ratification process will occur in early December.

The agreement protects and builds on the gains made for patients over the last nine years through the partnership of the McGuinty government and the OMA. Main elements of the agreement include:

otn.ca and new link requirements

Thu, 11/22/2012 - 07:35

Although the url for the new website remains the same (otn.ca), links to documents on the site have changed, which means that a document cannot be accessed at the previous address.  Members who bookmarked or "favourited" items on the old site should delete them and re-boomark/favourite the documents with the appropriate address on the new site.

Thanks and apologies for the inconvenience.

 

Clinical Protocols

Wed, 11/21/2012 - 11:29

Please note that Clinical Protocols are now housed within the Telemedicine Directory.  To find a Clinical Protocol, simply search the Telemedicine Directory for the appropriate consultant or site profile.

Ontario and OMA reach agreement

Tue, 11/13/2012 - 11:31

The Government and the OMA have reached a new Physician Services agreement!  One of the main elements of the agreement is to "modernize the delivery of health care and lowering wait times through e-consultations, enabling patients to communicate with their doctor more easily, allowing for more virtual connections between family doctors and specialists, and an expansion of telemedicine services".  For details, read the release.

Webconferencing Demo Days!

Wed, 10/10/2012 - 18:15

Learn how webconferencing can increase the reach of your education events while saving you time and money!  Join us fpr a one-hour hands on demo on: 

  • Tuesday, October 16th at 1 PM
  • Wednesday, November 1st at 3 PM

All you need is a phone and Internet access!  Email Allan Zahara (azahara@otn.ca) at least 24-hours in advance to register.

OCD CME sold out!

Wed, 10/10/2012 - 18:08

Dr. Peggy Richter's OCD CME is sold out!  74 sites have joined for EACH one of the three sessions.  Don't despair!  Catch the sessions on OTN's Webcast Centre (webcast.otn.ca).

 

New Webcasting Forms

Wed, 10/10/2012 - 18:07

Pursuant to last month's enhancements to the OTN Webcasting Centre (webcast.otn.ca), please be advised that the Videoconferencing Request Form and the Webcast Request Form have been deactivated.  You will need to download the NEW forms (available on the site) in order to expedite a webcast request.

October 5, Toronto Star

Tue, 10/09/2012 - 10:16

Virtual osteoporosis initiative first of it’s kind

When Darlene Sheehey needed to regain her health, she turned to a TV screen.

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