LAVAL – Retirement home chain Selection Group announced today a new partnership with Telus Health to offer its residents and employees state of the art telemedicine.
This free service will be deployed starting today to Selection Group’s residents and employees, and for the duration of the COVID-19 situation, reads the press release today. The service allows for video and text messaging consultations with healthcare professionals, as well as the ability to have diagnoses and send prescriptions directly to the pharmacy of the patient’s choice.
Residents will benefit from the service until after the COVID-19 challenge is resolved. A paid version of the service will be offered afterwards.
“The addition of this service during this critical period is slated to benefit both residents and employees. Recent directives and recommendations issued by the Canadian and Québec governments indicate that residents who use the service will be safer than through alternative solutions. Training in use of the application will be offered during the first weeks. This new service is also expected to support our workers in the care units of our residences during this busy period and to reduce the burden of the healthcare system,” reads the release.
