As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to keep health-care workers busy, a Calgary physician has created a new online service that Albertans can use to access medical help remotely.
PurposeMed is a telemedicine service — created by Dr. Husein Moloo — that connects patients with physicians across the province.
It is available to all Alberta physicians — including family doctors who wish to use the platform — for free. The service acts as an additional resource to the Health Link system, which Moloo said has been overwhelmed with calls during the pandemic. “As we’re encouraging social distancing, the need for virtual care is going to increase,” Moloo said in an interview with 770 CHQR. “We’re hoping the platform will serve as a way for physicians