Many patients requiring consultation often face unexpectedly long wait times from the time of their referral to the date of...
Patient-centred care (PCC) is a priority for the Ontario Ministry of Health (MOH).1 Communication between patients and providers is essential...
Although widely occurring, requests for informal consultations from primary care providers to specialists can interrupt a specialist’s work day and...
In Canada, 36% of the population suffers from a Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorder.1 Currently, patients experience a long wait time to...
Communication between providers and patients is crucial to providing effective patient-centered care. The aging population and complex care scenarios create...
Electronic referral (eReferral) is one of the digital health technologies currently deployed in five Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) across...
Radiography is an appropriate cost-effective screening test for arthritis in older patients.¹ Evidence shows that although Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)...
In Canada, Orthopedic surgeons are considered the highest consulted specialists1 with more than 900,000 referred Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) patients a...
The median wait time from primary care provider referral to consultation with a specialist in Ontario is 6.7 weeks, and...
The findings from the Healthcare Experience Survey (2013-2016)¹ conducted by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care illustrate that in...