Mental Health & Addictions North COVID-19 Innovations: Health Sciences North - Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic's Transition to Virtual Care
The Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic at Health Sciences North has seen many positive benefits for staff and patients resulting from their transition to virtual care in response to COVID-19, highlighted below.
How did they support and facilitate clients who have no experience using virtual tech?
What were the barriers? And solutions?
What are the clinical outcome nuances and adjustments needed with a virtual delivery of care?
Many front-line staff I talk to speak of the need for advanced time needed for set up for the client, in amongst the good and useful elements.