By Aisha K. Lofters MD PhD CCFP Family Physician, Women’s College Hospital Family Practice Health Centre; Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto; Chair in Implementation Science, Peter Gilgan Centre for Women’s Cancers, Women’s College Hospital Ontario’s health care system has been…
by Sarah Hutchison, Chief Executive Officer, OntarioMD OntarioMD’s first Digital Health and Virtual Care Day was a huge success, with more than 3,000 engaged attendees from around the globe engaging virtually in a series of high-value sessions about the future of Digital Health. Topics encompassed everything from practical pointers on virtual care, to the latest know-how on virtual billing, and a demonstration on how…
by Dr. Michelle Greiver I would like to thank OntarioMD and the OMA Section of General and Family Practice for allowing me to provide some periodic reflections during this Annus Horribilis. I am a community-based family physician and have been doing Practical Research…
by Revin Samuel, Event Manager, OntarioMD Like a lot of conference planners out there, when the pandemic hit, the scope of my job changed forever. Transitioning to virtual conferences has been an adventure to say the least. Sure, you remove the venue space…
Written by Dr. Darren Larsen, Chief Medical Officer, OntarioMD So we use our EMRs every day for every aspect of care. We bought them, we trained on them, we became moderately proficient, but then what? As experienced EMR users and skilled clinicians, how…
Written by Ashok Bhattacharya M.D., FRCP(C) March 23 2020, 1:00pm I was sitting across from my patient watching the words escape from her mouth as she inspired to make them. Then she exhaled…no mask, no gloves, no gowns. I was more than 6…
The last four months have seen the rapid rise of the use of virtual care tools in practice. This has been a remarkable change. Doctors went from about 7% use of virtual care to 89% of primary care physicians using a virtual care…
Contributors include OntarioMD Practice Advisor Tania Hunt with recommendations from OntarioMD Physician Peer Leaders from our Virtual Care Webinar Series This is part two of our blog series on virtual care for clinicians. Check out part one on Virtual Care: Preparing your staff and…
https://vimeo.com/429309399 Digital Health Shift - Leveraging Social Media during Covid-19 with OntarioMD Peer Leader, Mr. Stephen Beckwith
Contributors include OntarioMD Practice Advisor Tania Hunt with recommendations from OntarioMD Physician Peer Leaders from our Virtual Care Webinar Series With the onset of the COVID-19 , clinicians have quickly adapted to physical distancing with their patients and using virtual care to avoid…