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Check out the latest telehealth news from the Réseau québécois de la télésanté: features, success stories, and updates. These articles highlight initiatives that benefit patients and healthcare and social services professionals.

Teledermatology: When a photo can make all the difference

Teledermatology: When a photo can make all the difference

A response within 7 days! Teledermatology is a form of remote medical consultation. Here’s how it works: your family doctor takes photos of the skin lesion that concerns you and includes a clinical description. They then send everything to a dermatologist via the...

A quiz to learn about telehealth

A quiz to learn about telehealth

Have you heard of telehealth? It’s a way to access healthcare services remotely using your computer, phone, or tablet. More and more public healthcare providers are offering this option to patients. The website telesantequebec.ca has been providing information on this...

Remote speech-language pathology for toddlers

Remote speech-language pathology for toddlers

We met Stéphanie Beaulieu, clinical coordinator from the Continuum langage, parole et communication (CLPC) Centre-Sud at the CISSS des Laurentides. She is part of the team that quickly recognized the potential of telehealth to better meet the needs of families. Here’s...

Virtual cancer care: staying home, fully supported

Virtual cancer care: staying home, fully supported

To better understand how virtual cancer care works, we spoke with Armel Lonfils and Caroline Martinez-Bouchard from the cancer program at the CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal (CEMTL). Here’s what we learned. Another way to receive care Virtual care is based on a...

Dental care in CHSLD: Telehealth at residents’ bedsides

Dental care in CHSLD: Telehealth at residents’ bedsides

Do you have a loved one in a long-term care facility (CHSLD)? Do you work with seniors who are losing their independence? If so, you know how difficult it can be to access dental care in these settings. The good news is that a concrete solution is being tested to...

Tele-education in nutrition: information when you need it

Tele-education in nutrition: information when you need it

Review your nutritionist's advice at 8 p.m., from your living room? That is exactly what tele-education, one of the activities of telehealth, makes possible. The CISSS de la Montérégie-Est has developed a virtual library of over 100 video clips created by healthcare...

Telehealth in 5 essential resources

Telehealth in 5 essential resources

Telehealth is a way of taking part in health care and services remotely, using your computer or mobile device. These online services are increasingly available in the public health network. Of course, it will never be possible to offer everything remotely. Telehealth...

Stroke teletriage: telehealth to the rescue

Stroke teletriage: telehealth to the rescue

In Montreal, ambulance paramedics redirect acute stroke patients directly to university hospital centers (CHU), such as the CHUM. In the suburbs, the process is different, stroke patients are usually transported by default to the nearest hospital. The medical team on...

The virtual care unit: regaining strength faster at home

The virtual care unit: regaining strength faster at home

What is a virtual care unit (VCU)? The VCU is a hospital unit that enables certain patients to be hospitalized at home. The care team is made up of a variety of healthcare professionals, as well as family caregivers who wish to help. In the Laurentians, the virtual...

Discovering Telehealth!

Discovering Telehealth!

Telesantequebec.ca is the reference for information for people using telehealth. The new What is Telehealth? page goes one step further, targeting all citizens. Curious about modern, practical ways of receiving healthcare? Visit the page now! You'll find simple...