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Year eConsult Started
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Volume of eConsults (2020)
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Average Population Served/Million Inhabitants (2020)
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Summary of eConsult Scale-Up Progression
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Ontario |
2009 |
65 672 |
14.7 |
Province-wide scale-up began in 2018
Service managed through the Ontario eConsult Centre of Excellence, which was created in 2018
Provincial pro-rated fee for specialists (2009) and fee-for-service tariff for PCPs (2012)
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Quebec |
2017 |
2446 |
8.6 |
Pilot project in three regions ran from 2017 to 2021
Province-wide service launched in May 2021
Provincial fee-for-service tariff approved for specialists and PCPs (June 2021)
Service integration with regional dispatch centers for referrals to specialists was underway as of August 2021
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Manitoba |
2017 |
1926 |
1.4 |
Pilot project ran from 2017 to 2021
SharePoint platform set up for pilot project used during the transition period (beginning April 2021)
Specialists paid (pro-rated fee) through transitional funds from government
Spread put on hold in April 2020
Onboarding, support, and training managed through provincial infrastructure as of April 2021
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Newfoundland & Labrador |
2016 |
3074 |
0.5 |
Developmental project ran from 2016 to 2020
Provincial service integrated into provincial EMR launched in 2020
Fee-for-service tariff approved for specialists in May 2020
Ongoing scale-up of the service province-wide
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