coronavirus pandemic, more than 1.5 million Quebecers have had medical consultations over the phone or by videoconference.The new way of medical appointments — by telephone or video — has been on the upswing since mid-March.
The goal was to protect patients and doctors from contracting and spreading COVID-19.From March 16 to June 8, 6,625 general practitioners billed teleconsultation procedures for more than one million different patients, according to figures obtained by La Presse Canadienne from the Régie l’assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ).[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]As for medical specialists, 4,565 of them billed for telemedicine for more than 400,000 different patients.In that period,.