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Ontario
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Quebec
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Manitoba
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Newfoundland & Labrador
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| Resources for development and pilot testing |
| Secure initial funding through research grants and innovation funds |
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| Resources for transition |
| Advocate for eConsult to provincial governments to obtain transition funding to maintain eConsult services |
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| Obtain funds from non-traditional sources to manage and coordinate eConsult during the transition period (eg, innovation challenges and contests, remaining research funds, in-kind resources from key partners, research infrastructure, medical associations) |
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| Resources for sustainability |
| Establish fee-for-service tariffs or alternate funding to secure sustainable funding |
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| Enlist key actors to participate and advocate for eConsult in remuneration negotiations |
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| Use complementary methods to advocate for the establishment of provincial physician remuneration (eg, sending letters to the Minister of Health, requesting fee codes from provincial payers, encouraging physicians to request a tariff from their medical association) |
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| Use existing and new infrastructure to provide human resources to sustain the service |
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