Innovating Change in Long Term Care Homes Across Ontario
As the fight against COVID-19 presents many challenges in Long Term Care Homes (LTCH), eConsult has become a critical tool for providing care for one of the hardest hit patient demographics during the pandemic. As a result of the eConsult Centre of Excellence's efforts to implement eConsult in LTCHs in Ontario, they have received the following recognition over the past month.
Future Innovator Award Granted by the Change Foundation
The Change Foundation has awarded the eConsult in LTC Team the Future Innovator Award, recognizing that “eConsult transforms the referral-consultation landscape in long-term care, and it can be a game-changer in a new pandemic environment, where most long-term care residents will not have the option to travel from their home”.
To learn read more about this exciting announcement, visit here.
Ottawa Program Recognized for Bringing Virtual Specialists to
Long-term Care Residents
Marking the success of the Change Foundation Award, the Ottawa Citizen covered the history behind the eConsult BASE (Building Access to Specialists through eConsultation) Program, and its current benefits to LTC residents. You can read the article here.
Newly Published Research Article:
"The Feasibility of Using Electronic Consultation in
Long-Term Care Homes"
Recently, an academic article was published in the Journal of the American Medical Director’s Association (JAMDA), demonstrating the feasibility of implementing eConsult in LTC settings.
The complete paper is published for open access and is available here. An infographic highlighting the main findings of the study is available on the eConsult Centre of Excellence website here.
