For 12 years I came in here every day with a sense of anticipation. I thought about what's going on today - what's the excitement that's going to happen today? What are the students going to be doing? What's the lab going to be showing?”
Health minister orders review of B.C. telemedicine program
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Health minister Terry Lake has ordered a sweeping review of telemedicine care in B.C., saying in an interview he’s concerned videoconference visits between patients in one location and doctors in another could become “virtual walk-in clinics” with unsustainable costs on the health care system.
Patients have embraced the technology with gusto as visits covered by the taxpayer-funded Medical Services Plan grew a whopping 735 per cent in the last year alone.
“It’s all about appropriateness. I know the College (of Physicians and Surgeons) also has concerns. And as government, we want to make sure that we contain growing costs,” Lake told The Vancouver Sun.
Pamela Fayerman Reports
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