Check out the latest telehealth news from the Réseau québécois de la télésanté: features, success stories, and updates. These articles highlight initiatives that benefit patients and healthcare and social services professionals.
After a stroke or in cases of certain neurological conditions, it is common to require speech-language pathology services. This care helps improve communication (speech and language) and certain functions, such as swallowing. Today, these services can also be provided...
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) revealed earlier this year that nearly 90% of Canadians turn to online resources to find health information. Despite this trend, about 70% of respondents to the CMA survey said they were skeptical about health information found...
A response within 7 days! Teledermatology is a form of remote medical consultation. Here’s how it works: your family doctor takes photos of the skin lesion that concerns you and includes a clinical description. They then send everything to a dermatologist via the...
Have you heard of telehealth? It’s a way to access healthcare services remotely using your computer, phone, or tablet. More and more public healthcare providers are offering this option to patients. The website telesantequebec.ca has been providing information on this...
We met Stéphanie Beaulieu, clinical coordinator from the Continuum langage, parole et communication (CLPC) Centre-Sud at the CISSS des Laurentides. She is part of the team that quickly recognized the potential of telehealth to better meet the needs of families. Here’s...
To better understand how virtual cancer care works, we spoke with Armel Lonfils and Caroline Martinez-Bouchard from the cancer program at the CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal (CEMTL). Here’s what we learned. Another way to receive care Virtual care is based on a...
Do you have a loved one in a long-term care facility (CHSLD)? Do you work with seniors who are losing their independence? If so, you know how difficult it can be to access dental care in these settings. The good news is that a concrete solution is being tested to...
Review your nutritionist's advice at 8 p.m., from your living room? That is exactly what tele-education, one of the activities of telehealth, makes possible. The CISSS de la Montérégie-Est has developed a virtual library of over 100 video clips created by healthcare...
Telehealth is a way of taking part in health care and services remotely, using your computer or mobile device. These online services are increasingly available in the public health network. Of course, it will never be possible to offer everything remotely. Telehealth...
In Montreal, ambulance paramedics redirect acute stroke patients directly to university hospital centers (CHU), such as the CHUM. In the suburbs, the process is different, stroke patients are usually transported by default to the nearest hospital. The medical team on...
