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Redesigning primary care

Provider perspectives on the clinical utility of virtual visits

Jamie K. Fujioka, Megan Nguyen, Michelle Phung, Onil Bhattacharyya, Leah Kelley, Vess Stamenova, Nike Onabajo, Michael Kidd, Laura Desveaux, Ivy Wong, R. Sacha Bhatia and Payal Agarwal
Canadian Family Physician April 2023; 69 (4) e78-e85; DOI: https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.6904e78
Jamie K. Fujioka
Research coordinator at Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care (WIHV) in Toronto, Ont.
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Megan Nguyen
Strategist at Throughline Strategy Inc in Toronto.
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Michelle Phung
Program manager at the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine & Imaging at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, CA.
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Onil Bhattacharyya
Frigon Blau Chair in Family Medicine Research and Director of WIHV. He is Lead at the Centre for Digital Health Evaluation in Toronto. He practises family medicine and is Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (DFCM) at the University of Toronto (U of T). He is national Co-chair of the Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations Network and has been a Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice at the Commonwealth Fund in New York, NY, and a Takemi Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, MA.
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Leah Kelley
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Vess Stamenova
Research lead at WIHV.
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Nike Onabajo
Project manager at North York Ontario Health Teams in Toronto.
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Michael Kidd
Principal Medical Advisor and Deputy Chief Medical Officer with the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, Professor of Primary Care Reform at the Australian National University in Canberra, and Adjunct Professor in the DFCM at U of T.
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Laura Desveaux
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Ivy Wong
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vol. 69 no. 4 e78-e85
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.6904e78
PubMed 
37072204

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The College of Family Physicians of Canada
Print ISSN 
0008-350X
Online ISSN 
1715-5258
History 
  • Published online April 18, 2023.

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  1. Jamie K. Fujioka, MPH⇑
  1. Research coordinator at Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care (WIHV) in Toronto, Ont.
  1. Correspondence Jamie K. Fujioka; e-mail jamie.fujioka{at}wchospital.ca
  1. Megan Nguyen, PhD RN MSN
  1. Strategist at Throughline Strategy Inc in Toronto.
  1. Michelle Phung, MSc
  1. Program manager at the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine & Imaging at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, CA.
  1. Onil Bhattacharyya, MD PhD CCFP
  1. Frigon Blau Chair in Family Medicine Research and Director of WIHV. He is Lead at the Centre for Digital Health Evaluation in Toronto. He practises family medicine and is Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (DFCM) at the University of Toronto (U of T). He is national Co-chair of the Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations Network and has been a Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice at the Commonwealth Fund in New York, NY, and a Takemi Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, MA.
  1. Leah Kelley, BSc
  1. Graduate of the U of T Faculty of Law.
  1. Vess Stamenova, PhD
  1. Research lead at WIHV.
  1. Nike Onabajo, MSc
  1. Project manager at North York Ontario Health Teams in Toronto.
  1. Michael Kidd, AM FAHMS
  1. Principal Medical Advisor and Deputy Chief Medical Officer with the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, Professor of Primary Care Reform at the Australian National University in Canberra, and Adjunct Professor in the DFCM at U of T.
  1. Laura Desveaux, PT PhD
  1. Scientific Lead and Learning Health System Program Lead at Trillium Health Partners in Toronto.
  1. Ivy Wong, MPA
  1. Director of Ontario Health Team and Transformation at North York General Hospital and Backbone Lead of North York Toronto Health Partners Ontario Health Team.
  1. R. Sacha Bhatia, MD MBA FRCPC
  1. Senior Vice President of Population Health and Value Based Care at Ontario Health and a cardiologist at the University Health Network in Toronto.
  1. Payal Agarwal, MD CCFP
  1. Practising family physician affiliated with the DFCM at U of T and Innovation Fellow at WIHV.
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