S Mehta, K Gardner, J Hall, D Rosenfield, S Tse, K Ho, K Grant, D J Bradbury-Squires, E Lang, L Chartier
BACKGROUND: Virtual care in Canada rapidly expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic in a low-rules environment in response to pressing needs for ongoing access to care amid public health restrictions. Emergency medicine specialists now face the challenge of advising on which virtual urgent care services ought to remain as part of comprehensive emergency care. Consideration must be given to safe, quality, and appropriate care as well as issues of equitable access, public demand, and sustainability (financial and otherwise)...
February 9, 2024: CJEM