"There's nothing like a good crisis for innovation": a qualitative study of family physicians' experiences with virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Lindsay Hedden (Author), Sarah Spencer (Author), Maria Mathews (Author), Emily Gard Marshall (Author), Julia Lukewich (Author), Shabnam Asghari (Author), Judith Belle Brown (Author), Paul S. Gill (Author), Thomas R. Freeman (Author), Rita K. McCracken (Author), Bridget L. Ryan (Author), Crystal Vaughan (Author), Eric Wong (Author), Richard Buote (Author), Leslie Meredith (Author), Lauren Moritz (Author), Dana Ryan (Author), Madeleine McKay (Author), Gordon Schacter (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Prior to the pandemic, Canada lagged behind other Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries in the uptake of virtual care. The onset of COVID-19, however, resulted in a near-universal shift to virtual primary care to minimise exposure risks. As jurisdictions...