Benefits of telemedicine
Telemedicine improves the quality of care we provide to patients and families by:
- facilitating equitable access to our specialists for all patients regardless of their location
- increasing active participation in patient/family education
- enhancing family satisfaction by reducing the costs and time incurred traveling to Toronto
- providing opportunities for patients and families to receive quality time with their specialist
- reduce duplicate testing
- improving continuity of patient care through enhanced communications between health care providers
- enhancing specialist satisfaction by reducing the need for physician travel to under-serviced areas
