Want to know more about the trailblazing work of Real-Time Virtual Support (RTVS)? We have a dedicated resource page, a documentary, and links to media stories and academic articles.
Edge of Care film
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Media Clippings
- Provinces are relying on virtual doctors to keep smaller ERs open. Here’s how it works, Jan 11, 2025, CBC
- Exploration of RTVS CHARLiE in Northwest BC, Oct 10, 2024, Pediatrics & Child Health
- Real-Time Virtual Support Quick Reply Pathways, July/August 2024, BC Medical Journal
- Relational Work Is the Work: Virtual Healthcare Transformation for Rural, Remote and First Nations Communities in British Columbia, Jan 21, 2024, Healthcare Papers
- Real-Time Virtual Support as an Emergency Department Strategy for Rural, Remote and Indigenous Communities, Dec. 22, 2023, Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Promising practices to strengthen primary care in northern, rural and remote communities—RTVS., June 23, 2023, Healthcare Excellence Canada
- Real-time virtual supports improving health equity and access in British Columbia, June 20, 2023, Healthcare Management Forum
- Shining a spotlight on rural and remote healthcare, April 18, 2023, Digital Health Canada
- Rural ER docs are struggling to do it all. Peer support programs try to lessen the load, Feb. 5, 2023, CBC
- Virtual doctors support Fort Nelson healthcare, Dec. 29, 2022, Energeticcity.ca
- McBride and Golden health centres pilot integrated birth stabilization program, Oct. 31, 2022, PHSA News Release
- Much-needed rural and remote support during pandemic, Apr. 1, 2022, BC Medical Journal
- Physician wellness: Doctors taking care of doctors, Dec. 10, 2021, BC Medical Journal
- Virtual emergency service brings peace-of-mind to rural workers, Aug. 31, 2021, The Hospital News
- Northern BC community gets virtual doctor support, July 31, 2021, Global News Hour
- Dawson Creek Hospital is getting virtual help to fill the night shifts, July 22, 2021, Energeticcity.ca
- Telehealth physician to fill in for emergency doctor in Dawson Creek, July 21, 2021, CBC Daybreak North
- Virtual doctor to replace human one for 10 night shifts in Dawson Creek ER, July 20, 2021, Dawson Creek Mirror
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Getting Started with RTVS
All that rural healthcare providers need to connect with Real-Time Virtual Support providers is a Zoom account or a telephone line—and a bit of know-how.
RTVS for Patients
Several RTVS pathways are patient-facing. These virtual services mean patients in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities who may not have a family doctor may not need to visit an ER or nursing station when they are sick, lessening the patient wait times at these sites.
