Original Article Bringing Care Close to Home: Remote Management of Heart Failure In Partnership with Indigenous Communities In Northern Ontario, Canada
October 9, 2024
Original Article Bringing Care Close to Home: Remote Management of Heart Failure In Partnership with Indigenous Communities In Northern Ontario, Canada.
Background: The Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is a regional, community-based Indigenous health authority in Northern Ontario, Canada. From September 2022 to March 2023, the WAHA and University Health Network engaged in a partnership that designed a collaborative model of care to address inequities in cardiology specialist access in Northern Ontario. This model implemented a digital therapeutic for heart failure, (the Medly program) and in-person cardiology clinics in the region.
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