Designs, facilitators, barriers, and lessons learned during the implementation of emergency department led virtual urgent care programs in Ontario, Canada

• Main Authors: Justin N. Hall (Author), Alun D. Ackery (Author), Katie N. Dainty (Author), Paul S. Gill (Author), Rodrick Lim (Author), Sameer Masood (Author), Shelley L. McLeod (Author), Shaun D. Mehta (Author), Larry Nijmeh (Author), Daniel Rosenfield (Author), Greg Rutledge (Author), Aikta Verma (Author), Shawn Mondoux (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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IntroductionVirtual patient care has seen incredible growth since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. To provide greater access to safe and timely urgent care, in the fall of 2020, the Ministry of Health introduced a pilot program of 14 virtual urgent care (VUC) initiatives across the province o...