Important COVID-19 Information and Updates
Last Updated December 2020
COVID-19 Information and Updates: Content
Virtual care is a key part of Ontario’s efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. Throughout the pandemic, it has become a mainstream delivery channel for health care services.
Virtual visits (by video, telephone or secure messaging) and remote patient monitoring allow health care providers and patients to connect safely at a distance, minimizing the risk of community infection.
Virtual models of care during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Many new models of care leveraging virtual solutions are emerging to help keep care delivery safer and more patient-centred. Learn how virtual care is being deployed across Ontario’s health care system.
Remote Care Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Virtual Care Overview
Elective Surgery: Optimizing Pre and Post-surgical care
Virtual Care Overview
Emergency Services: Providing Local Virtual Access
Virtual Care Overview
Virtual Care for Mental Health & Addictions
Virtual Care Overview
Elective Surgery: Optimizing Pre and Post-surgical care
Clinical Backgrounder
Emergency Services: Providing Access to Urgent Care Virtually
Clinical Backgrounder
Remote Monitoring of COVID-19
Clinical Overview
Supports for Long Term Care (LTC) Homes
Virtual Care Overview
Resources to support virtual care in LTC homes
Clinical Resource
COVID-19 BASE™ Managed Specialty Group
eConsult Resource
Using virtual care to support COVID-19 patients
Access clinical supports to help assess and treat patients who may have contracted COVID-19.
Technical Guides and Resources for Ontario Health (OTN)-supported tools
New to virtual care or need a refresher? These technical guides and resources have been created to help clinicians use Ontario Health (OTN) -supported tools to deliver virtual care safely and effectively. To sign up for OTNhub services, start here.
