The Ontario Telemedicine Network says more than 100-thousand patients accessed health care through videoconferencing and tele-diagnostic equipment throughout the province over the past year.
CEO Dr. Ed Brown says that's a significant milestone, but just the tip of how telemedicine will be used in the future.
"We all feel like we're really just actually starting," says Dr. Brown, "because our goal is to really make this a mainstream part of the health care system, to really improve access care for patients, to reduce the burden of travel of them and their family and to help them with quality issues."
The network has been in place since 1998 with the service made available to the Rainy River district in 2002.
