Virtual urgent care didn't divert Ontario patients from ER visits during pandemic, study suggests

Virtual urgent care didn't make a dent in diverting patients with less severe health problems from going to emergency departments during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, according to researchers in a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Virtual urgent care didn't divert Ontario patients from ER visits during pandemic, study suggests
Ambulance paramedics unload a patient.

Virtual urgent care didn't make a dent in diverting patients with less severe health problems from going to emergency departments during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, according to researchers in a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.