Going the distance for my patients

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Are you a Specialist?

Do you want to improve access to care for your patients? Now you can schedule a consultation or follow-up visit through telemedicine. To get started, simply complete the following form and fax it to our scheduling team.

Are you a Family Doctor?

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Do you want to remove the stress of long distance travel for your patients? Now you can refer your patients to a specialist that uses telemedicine. To get started, simply complete the following form and fax it to our scheduling team.

Are you interested in Personal Videoconferencing?

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Do you want to be everywhere from anywhere? Personal Videoconferencing all but eliminates the barriers of time and distance.

Are you interested in Teledermatology?

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Do you want to reduce dermatology wait times to 5 days or less? Lower the risk of exposure to injury or infection, while avoiding the inconvenience of travel.

Telemedicine is an efficient and effective way for Ontario’s specialists to reach out to patients anywhere in the province. It’s a fast and easy way to improve access to services and eliminate travel for both patients and specialists. Join the thousands of specialists, family physicians, nurses and allied health professionals who are already going the distance for better patient care.

Not because you need more patients, but because more patients need you.

Did you know?

In 2012/13, use of telemedicine resulted in an estimated $60M in avoided costs charged to the Northern Health Travel Grant
Last year, patients avoided an estimated 238 million km worth of travel by using telemedicine

Consider virtual care in the following situations:

A patient requires travel to get a specialist consult, assessment or follow-up appointment
A Northern Health Travel Grant Application is needed for financial assistance
Wait-times are a barrier to timely care