I suspect as a society, we are taking our healthcare system for granted … at least those of us in Canada. Maybe it’s just my imagination, but it seems like more and more patients we’ve seen coming into the ER are increasingly demanding, angered with unrealistic expectations, and overall ungrateful. What used to be a rare occurrence has now become so common that I expect some variation of the following first words out of …
Virtual ER not yet Reality.
I was recently asked for an opinion on an article that was published on LinkedIn, boasting “the virtual ER is here today, saving time and money“. Could this really be true? When a patient is facing a medical emergency, can he/she really access an emergency room virtually, without the wait while lowering overall cost to the system at the same time? Sounds too good to be true. As someone who works in a …