2020-05-06

First Looks: Virtual Visits in Connect Care

A flurry of innovation has brought teleconference and virtual care supports to physicians struggling to continue care under conditions of social distancing, with a number of postings highlighting progress made. The uptake of AHS's enterprise Zoom license for videoconference-enhanced patient interactions has been impressive!

At the same time, work has progressed to integrate virtual care supports within the Connect Care clinical information system. The first of many new functions goes into production later this week: clinicians scheduled for virtual care visits in Connect Care can manage teleconferencing from within Connect Care while using advanced Zoom account capabilities.

Dr. Chris White has produced a nice demonstration of how this works: