Real-Time Virtual Support as an Emergency Department Strategy for Rural, Remote, and Indigenous Communities in British Columbia: Descriptive Case Study

• Main Authors: Helen Novak Lauscher (Author), Brydon Blacklaws (Author), Erika Pritchard (Author), Elsie Jiaxi Wang (Author), Kurtis Stewart (Author), Jeff Beselt (Author), Kendall Ho (Author), John Pawlovich (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundBritish Columbia has over 200 rural, remote, and Indigenous communities that have limited health care resources due to physician isolation, sparsity in clinical resources, the lack of collegial support, and provider burnout. Real-time virtual support (RTVS) peer-to-peer pathways provide su...