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Canada’s ‘new normal’ must include virtual care

About 60 per cent of healthcare visits in Canada are now conducted virtually, a jump from the 10 to 20 per cent pre-pandemic.

IBM Launches Blockchain-Powered Digital Health Pass for COVID-19

Virtual emergency rooms bridge gap between health-care professionals, patients amid pandemic

Apple users can now access health records from three GTA hospitals through their iPhone

Toronto doctor using TikTok to deliver public health messaging to young people

Off the couch, onto the screen: Is the shift to virtual mental health care here to stay?

U of T launches IBM-powered virtual assistant to help students access mental health supports

Nova Scotia to extend access to virtual care options for doctors and patients

Infoway Partnership: Fall Series

Oct. 13 & Nov. 17, 2020

How e-prescribing can help address the opioid crisis

20th Annual Healthcare Summit

October 26-27, 2020

It's time for Ontario to get behind virtual health care — for good

Virtual health care gets positive early reviews in New Brunswick

Cardiac patient says phone call with doctor saved as much as $400 in travel expenses

Tech startup develops rapid COVID-19 test to be taken completely at home

Fraser Health launches COVID-19 school exposures website outlining known events

Ontario doctors, patient advocates say telemedicine spurred by COVID-19 pandemic is here to stay

COVID-19 has pushed digital health forward, but challenges still persist

Experts discuss the impact of digital technologies on the COVID-19 responses in Europe and challenges in pushing digital health further.

N.L. launches COVID-19 notification app, 2nd province to do so

13 Canadian hospitals launching national youth mental health project

$82.5M to go toward improving Indigenous mental health amid coronavirus

B.C. 2.0.: Doctors and patients learn that there's no place like home

How COVID-19 kicked virtual medicine into high gear

The post-pandemic future: Virtual visits will revolutionize family health care

Virtual doctor visits up in B.C.

Virtual health services will stay long after COVID says U of A researcher

Before COVID-19, the Rehabilitation Robotics Lab team began working on a project that would provide access to specialist rehab assessments.

U of A's robot rehab project hopes pandemic increases user comfort with virtual health care

Telehealth boosts mental health patient engagement, care plan compliance

Within days of the state of emergency declaration, New York Psychotherapy and Counseling Center transformed 95% of its care to telemedicine.