Examining experiences and system impacts of publicly funded episodic virtual care: protocol for a cross-provincial mixed methods study
This proposal has been reviewed and received approval from the Nova Scotia Health Research Ethics Board. Findings will identify the impacts and trade-offs in the deployment of EVC, which will inform primary care planning. In addition to traditional academic publications and information provided to primary care patients/the public, this study will inform decision-makers across multiple jurisdictions as they contend with the challenge of meeting patients' immediate care needs for access to primary care, while seeking to improve coordination and integration of systems as a whole.
Authors
- David Rudoler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7564-5829)
- Ruth Martin‐Misener (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4554-7635)
- Julie Easley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1711-1343)
- Jennifer Splane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5433-8475)
- Lindsay Hedden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9552-1324)
- Tara Kiran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2520-112X)
- François Gallant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8891-3709)
- Lauren Lapointe‐Shaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4485-6719)
- Shelley Anne Doucet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4420-8199)
- Nichole Austin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1230-9956)
- Agnes Grudniewicz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2960-8178)
- Rebecca H. Correia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2949-2400)
- Emran Hasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7958-3151)
- Emily Gard Marshall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8327-0329)
- Ted McDonald
- M. Ruth Lavergne
- Stephanie Welton
Institutions
- University of New Brunswick (CA)
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (CA)
- Horizon Health Network (CA)
- Ontario Tech University (CA)
- Vitalité Health Network (CA)
- Unity Health Toronto
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099098
- Primary Topic
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research