Check out the latest telehealth news from the Réseau québécois de la télésanté: features, success stories, and updates. These articles highlight initiatives that benefit patients and healthcare and social services professionals.
On June 20th, the Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Christian Dubé, announced the deployment of the teledermatology service across the province. As reported in February in our article Dermatology in the Digital Age, the benefits of this service are...
Telehealth practices are numerous. Although we spontaneously think of virtual meetings between a patient and a health professional, there are other ways of organizing virtual care such as remote assistance between professionals (teleassistance), case discussions via...
Access to specialized medical services is an important challenge in the Quebec health care system. Many patients awaiting a specialist consultation are often confronted with long delays. Among the specialties concerned, dermatology is on the verge of making a major...
The Réseau québécois de la télésanté (RQT) team is proud to highlight the creation of a new partnership with the Centre of Excellence for Partnership with Patients and the Public (CEPPP). With the support of the Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec (FMSQ)...
The Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre of the CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CCO-CRC) operates an interdisciplinary program that serves patients from the Jewish General Hospital, the McGill University Health Centre and Saint Mary's Hospital Centre. This...
The Technical Aids Department (TAD) of the CIUSSS Centre-Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal is mandated to evaluate the needs and provide aids for locomotion and posture. It serves a pediatric, adult and geriatric clientele with musculoskeletal or neurological...
The context of the pandemic has been conducive to the emergence of various initiatives to facilitate the delivery of care and services at a distance. Living environments such as public long-term care centres (CHSLDs) and private residences for the elderly (RPAs) have...
The content of the Telehealth section of Quebec.ca, the official website of the Gouvernement du Québec, is now available in English. Citizens are invited to visit this section to learn more about Telehealth advantages, scope, practice and services in the Public...
A new offer of virtual cancer care A new offer of virtual cancer care and services is taking shape in Quebec. Indeed, many people with cancer will now be able, if they wish, to benefit from remote follow-up via virtual meetings with their Oncology Pivot Nurse (OPN)....
