The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated an accelerated ramp-up of Virtual Care – practically overnight. To reduce the risks of contracting COVID-19 for vulnerable children, youth, and their families. Children’s Healthcare Canada members and other service providers have been developing, implementing, and testing many aspects of virtual care – ranging from phone-based consultations and check-ins, to video visits for pain management, the care of children with medical complexity, tele-rounding, and even emergency room assessment and consultation, and much more.
There is much to learn from innovators in virtual care about barriers, facilitators, key considerations, and opportunities for improvement and sustainability beyond this current crisis.
Through this webinar, participants will
• Learn of several virtual care initiatives
o virtual neonatal critical care consults between a community hospital and a specialized paediatric hospital in Ontario
o delivery of children’s mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic
o healthcare apps, such as My Saskatchewan Pregnancy
• Understand the paradigm of pediatric healthcare access in Canada and why virtual care must be non-optional
• Facilitate a discussion regarding innovative technology-based medical programs across Canada and why their sustainability is crucial beyond COVID.
