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Telemedicine and Shifting of Care to the Community

Supports Comprehensive Patient-Centred Care

Patient triage Benefits to patients

Assess if patient can be • More flexibility and convenience
conducted safely by telephone for accessing care

or video conference. • Reduced costs and travel burden

• Benefits patients who are frail,

Shift to community: less mobile, or from remote areas

• Patients feel care is more tailored
• Essential laboratory
• Increased collaboration between
• Imaging evaluations specialties and partnerships with

• Home care services community care providers

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