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Impact of the Connected Medicine collaborative in improving access to specialist care: a cross-sectional analysis

Clare Liddy, Emma Boulay, Lois Crowe, Maxine Dumas-Pilon, Neil Drimer, Gerard Farrell, Laurie Ireland, Christine (Kirby) Kirvan, Veronique Nabelsi, Alexander Singer, Margot Wilson and Erin Keely
December 14, 2021 9 (4) E1187-E1194; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200210
Clare Liddy
C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Department of Family Medicine (Liddy, Crowe), Department of Medicine (Keely), University of Ottawa; eConsult Centre of Excellence (Liddy, Keely), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Crowe); Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (Drimer, Kirvan), Ottawa, Ont.; New Brunswick Medical Society (Boulay), Fredericton, NB; Department of Family Medicine (Dumas-Pilon), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Family Medicine (Farrell), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL; Nine Circles Community Health Centre (Ireland) and Department of Family Medicine (Singer), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Université du Québec en Outaouais (Nabelsi), Gatineau, Que.; Providence Health Care (Wilson), Vancouver, BC
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Emma Boulay
C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Department of Family Medicine (Liddy, Crowe), Department of Medicine (Keely), University of Ottawa; eConsult Centre of Excellence (Liddy, Keely), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Crowe); Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (Drimer, Kirvan), Ottawa, Ont.; New Brunswick Medical Society (Boulay), Fredericton, NB; Department of Family Medicine (Dumas-Pilon), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Family Medicine (Farrell), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL; Nine Circles Community Health Centre (Ireland) and Department of Family Medicine (Singer), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Université du Québec en Outaouais (Nabelsi), Gatineau, Que.; Providence Health Care (Wilson), Vancouver, BC
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Lois Crowe
C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Department of Family Medicine (Liddy, Crowe), Department of Medicine (Keely), University of Ottawa; eConsult Centre of Excellence (Liddy, Keely), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Crowe); Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (Drimer, Kirvan), Ottawa, Ont.; New Brunswick Medical Society (Boulay), Fredericton, NB; Department of Family Medicine (Dumas-Pilon), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Family Medicine (Farrell), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL; Nine Circles Community Health Centre (Ireland) and Department of Family Medicine (Singer), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Université du Québec en Outaouais (Nabelsi), Gatineau, Que.; Providence Health Care (Wilson), Vancouver, BC
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Maxine Dumas-Pilon
C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Department of Family Medicine (Liddy, Crowe), Department of Medicine (Keely), University of Ottawa; eConsult Centre of Excellence (Liddy, Keely), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Crowe); Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (Drimer, Kirvan), Ottawa, Ont.; New Brunswick Medical Society (Boulay), Fredericton, NB; Department of Family Medicine (Dumas-Pilon), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Family Medicine (Farrell), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL; Nine Circles Community Health Centre (Ireland) and Department of Family Medicine (Singer), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Université du Québec en Outaouais (Nabelsi), Gatineau, Que.; Providence Health Care (Wilson), Vancouver, BC
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Neil Drimer
C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Department of Family Medicine (Liddy, Crowe), Department of Medicine (Keely), University of Ottawa; eConsult Centre of Excellence (Liddy, Keely), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Crowe); Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (Drimer, Kirvan), Ottawa, Ont.; New Brunswick Medical Society (Boulay), Fredericton, NB; Department of Family Medicine (Dumas-Pilon), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Family Medicine (Farrell), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL; Nine Circles Community Health Centre (Ireland) and Department of Family Medicine (Singer), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Université du Québec en Outaouais (Nabelsi), Gatineau, Que.; Providence Health Care (Wilson), Vancouver, BC
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Gerard Farrell
C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Department of Family Medicine (Liddy, Crowe), Department of Medicine (Keely), University of Ottawa; eConsult Centre of Excellence (Liddy, Keely), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Crowe); Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (Drimer, Kirvan), Ottawa, Ont.; New Brunswick Medical Society (Boulay), Fredericton, NB; Department of Family Medicine (Dumas-Pilon), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Family Medicine (Farrell), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL; Nine Circles Community Health Centre (Ireland) and Department of Family Medicine (Singer), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Université du Québec en Outaouais (Nabelsi), Gatineau, Que.; Providence Health Care (Wilson), Vancouver, BC
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Laurie Ireland
C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Department of Family Medicine (Liddy, Crowe), Department of Medicine (Keely), University of Ottawa; eConsult Centre of Excellence (Liddy, Keely), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Crowe); Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (Drimer, Kirvan), Ottawa, Ont.; New Brunswick Medical Society (Boulay), Fredericton, NB; Department of Family Medicine (Dumas-Pilon), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Family Medicine (Farrell), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL; Nine Circles Community Health Centre (Ireland) and Department of Family Medicine (Singer), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Université du Québec en Outaouais (Nabelsi), Gatineau, Que.; Providence Health Care (Wilson), Vancouver, BC
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Christine (Kirby) Kirvan
C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Department of Family Medicine (Liddy, Crowe), Department of Medicine (Keely), University of Ottawa; eConsult Centre of Excellence (Liddy, Keely), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Crowe); Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (Drimer, Kirvan), Ottawa, Ont.; New Brunswick Medical Society (Boulay), Fredericton, NB; Department of Family Medicine (Dumas-Pilon), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Family Medicine (Farrell), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL; Nine Circles Community Health Centre (Ireland) and Department of Family Medicine (Singer), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Université du Québec en Outaouais (Nabelsi), Gatineau, Que.; Providence Health Care (Wilson), Vancouver, BC
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Veronique Nabelsi
C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Department of Family Medicine (Liddy, Crowe), Department of Medicine (Keely), University of Ottawa; eConsult Centre of Excellence (Liddy, Keely), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Crowe); Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (Drimer, Kirvan), Ottawa, Ont.; New Brunswick Medical Society (Boulay), Fredericton, NB; Department of Family Medicine (Dumas-Pilon), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Family Medicine (Farrell), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL; Nine Circles Community Health Centre (Ireland) and Department of Family Medicine (Singer), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Université du Québec en Outaouais (Nabelsi), Gatineau, Que.; Providence Health Care (Wilson), Vancouver, BC
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Alexander Singer
C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Department of Family Medicine (Liddy, Crowe), Department of Medicine (Keely), University of Ottawa; eConsult Centre of Excellence (Liddy, Keely), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Crowe); Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (Drimer, Kirvan), Ottawa, Ont.; New Brunswick Medical Society (Boulay), Fredericton, NB; Department of Family Medicine (Dumas-Pilon), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Family Medicine (Farrell), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL; Nine Circles Community Health Centre (Ireland) and Department of Family Medicine (Singer), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Université du Québec en Outaouais (Nabelsi), Gatineau, Que.; Providence Health Care (Wilson), Vancouver, BC
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Margot Wilson
C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Department of Family Medicine (Liddy, Crowe), Department of Medicine (Keely), University of Ottawa; eConsult Centre of Excellence (Liddy, Keely), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Crowe); Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (Drimer, Kirvan), Ottawa, Ont.; New Brunswick Medical Society (Boulay), Fredericton, NB; Department of Family Medicine (Dumas-Pilon), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Family Medicine (Farrell), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL; Nine Circles Community Health Centre (Ireland) and Department of Family Medicine (Singer), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Université du Québec en Outaouais (Nabelsi), Gatineau, Que.; Providence Health Care (Wilson), Vancouver, BC
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Erin Keely
C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Department of Family Medicine (Liddy, Crowe), Department of Medicine (Keely), University of Ottawa; eConsult Centre of Excellence (Liddy, Keely), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Crowe); Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (Drimer, Kirvan), Ottawa, Ont.; New Brunswick Medical Society (Boulay), Fredericton, NB; Department of Family Medicine (Dumas-Pilon), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Family Medicine (Farrell), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL; Nine Circles Community Health Centre (Ireland) and Department of Family Medicine (Singer), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Université du Québec en Outaouais (Nabelsi), Gatineau, Que.; Providence Health Care (Wilson), Vancouver, BC
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vol. 9 no. 4 E1187-E1194
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200210
PubMed 
34906995
History 
  • Published online December 14, 2021.
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  1. Clare Liddy, MD MSc,
  2. Emma Boulay, MA,
  3. Lois Crowe, BA,
  4. Maxine Dumas-Pilon, MD,
  5. Neil Drimer, MHSc,
  6. Gerard Farrell, MD,
  7. Laurie Ireland, MD,
  8. Christine (Kirby) Kirvan, MA,
  9. Veronique Nabelsi, PhD,
  10. Alexander Singer, MB BAO BCh,
  11. Margot Wilson, MSN,
  12. Erin Keely, MD
  1. C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Department of Family Medicine (Liddy, Crowe), Department of Medicine (Keely), University of Ottawa; eConsult Centre of Excellence (Liddy, Keely), The Ottawa Hospital; Bruyère Research Institute (Crowe); Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (Drimer, Kirvan), Ottawa, Ont.; New Brunswick Medical Society (Boulay), Fredericton, NB; Department of Family Medicine (Dumas-Pilon), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Family Medicine (Farrell), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL; Nine Circles Community Health Centre (Ireland) and Department of Family Medicine (Singer), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Université du Québec en Outaouais (Nabelsi), Gatineau, Que.; Providence Health Care (Wilson), Vancouver, BC
  1. Correspondence to: Clare Liddy, cliddy{at}uottawa.ca
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