MB Telehealth Program
Medical Support Without the Travel or Stress
Connecting patients to health-care services at a distance
Telehealth connects patients to health-care services at a distance, providing remote healthcare services to underserved areas. Patients can see, hear and talk to their health-care provider on a television, computer screen or mobile device.
Telehealth improves access to health-care services not typically available in our community. It reduces time away from home and work, and reduces stress and costs. It even allows family and friends to participate more easily.
eConsult allows healthcare providers in NCN to ask questions and send images of non-urgent conditions to specialists without having to travel.
Goals & Objectives
- To provide quality medical support without the stress, time & cost of travel.
- To put client’s in touch with support staff that might otherwise be inaccessible.
Telehealth can be used for:
- clinical services such as consultations, follow up & case conferencing
- continuing education for health-care employees & providers
- health-related education for patients, families & the public
- appointments with the patient camera for dermatology, infectious diseases, orthopedics, plastic surgery & otolaryngology
- televisitation for families separated for medical reasons, when requested by health-care provider
This program currently operates in Nelson House. If you are in a different community, contact your local sub-office to ask about similar opportunities.