Partnering on Appropriate Virtual Care
Virtual care is growing rapidly across the country as more primary care providers use technology to deliver healthcare. That’s why Healthcare Excellence Canada has launched a new initiative to help care providers and patients work together to ensure virtual care is provided in an appropriate and safe way.
The Partnering on Appropriate Virtual Care collaborative will support primary care practices, organizations and multidisciplinary teams from across Canada to determine when and how virtual care should be used in their unique healthcare settings.
Participants will develop a framework that supports shared decision-making with patients, ensuring choices around virtual care are based on patient needs and capabilities, their care requirements and clinician capacity.
This program runs between January and November 2023 and involves a range of online learning and design activities. Learn more in the detailed project overview.
The application period for this project has now closed.
Benefits of participating
- Receive up to $20,000 in seed funding to develop a framework for your care setting
- Access current evidence, tools and best practices
- Learn with and from a pan-Canadian network of primary care providers
- Engage at your convenience through webinars and online workshops
- Get direct support from subject matter experts and coaches
- Build your capacity to partner with people with lived experience – patients, caregivers and communities, including First Nations, Inuit and Métis
This initiative builds on the Virtual Care Together design collaborative, delivered in partnership by HEC and Canada Health Infoway.
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