Virtual health care is 'not the answer for everything,' critics warn covid19 coronavirus
Quality primary care is continuous, comprehensive and co-ordinated, says Aude Motulsky, an assistant professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Montreal. The idea is a family doctor knows their patients and their stories. If, under a virtual care model, the system becomes one where patients sees a different practitioner each time, quality can suffer.
“Virtual health care has been thrust from the periphery into the mainstream. You experience it once and the paradigm shifts and a light bulb comes on,” he told CTVNews.ca during a phone call from Regina. Patients can upload photos and Bucko says the video resolution is such that she gets a good sense of the patient’s appearance. But asking questions and gathering a patient’s history, takes on even more importance in a virtual consultation, she says.
Right now, Bucko finds herself often reassuring frightened people that emergency departments are safe. That’s a key role, she says, because emergencies don’t stop in a pandemic. She also worries about virtual care leaving behind seniors and others who either don’t feel comfortable with technology or can’t afford to be connected.found Canadians are generally optimistic that technology will improve health care over the next 10 years, through better access and more timely and convenient care.
Health care is more challenging because it’s public, it’s heavily regulated, and is literally about life and death. But consumers are driving the demand for choice, nonetheless.
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