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  • OCFP: Why Develop Guidance for the Clinically Appropriate Use of Virtual Care in Primary Care?

OCFP: Why Develop Guidance for the Clinically Appropriate Use of Virtual Care in Primary Care?

  • 21 Oct 2022
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
  • Webinar

Through the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic clinical service delivery rapidly transitioned from in-person to virtual methods (including by telephone). As of the end of May 2022, approximately 35% of all primary care visits billed to OHIP continued to be delivered virtually. Virtual care was initially used to minimize in-person interaction. There continues to be a need to determine how best to integrate virtual care methods and tools into clinical practice. The development of the Guidance - Clinically Appropriate Use of Virtual Care initiative is intended to provide the foundation to advance this objective.

Learn about the context and rationale behind Ontario Health’s development of Guidance for the Clinically Appropriate Use of Virtual Care – Primary Care including:
• Initiative background
• Data on the use of virtual care in primary care over the course of the pandemic – led by INSPIRE-PHC – Queens University
• Scoping review conducted by the Program in Evidence-based Care – McMaster University
• Primary Care Expert Panel and work conducted by the panel including concepts/definitions

A Q&A period will follow the presentation

Speakers: Dr. David Kaplan & Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya, Co-Chairs, Primary Care Expert Panel, Guidance for the Appropriate Use of Virtual Care in Primary Care



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