{"id":6531,"date":"2018-05-30T16:13:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T20:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=6531"},"modified":"2020-05-15T16:18:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T20:18:07","slug":"doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Doc in your pocket: would you pay for a healthcare app?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
(May 30, 2018)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

By: Amanda Ferguson, City News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

You can order your dinner online. And a ride. Well how about an app that replaces going to a doctor\u2019s office?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what Maple is all about \u2014 an online service where you can pay to see a doctor online and even get a prescription. The app\u2019s Toronto-based creator says it\u2019s the future, while others say it\u2019s another example of two-tier healthcare.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe total wait time, from the time you decide you want to see a doctor to that prescription in your hand, is often less than an hour,\u201d said ER doctor and Maple co-founder Brett Belchetz. \u201cWhat I see is about half of the patients in the emergency room they don\u2019t actually have an emergency, they just have nowhere else to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

So Belchetz created Maple, a website and app where \u2014 with just a tap of the finger \u2014 you can see a doctor online, have an examination by phone or by video, and even get a prescription sent to your pharmacy. The fees: $49 per visit on a weekday and $79 for weekends and holidays.<\/p>\n

Belchetz says that Maple can conduct about 70 per cent of exams online, without having to touch you. He says they would still refer patients to a doctor\u2019s office if it\u2019s an ailment they can\u2019t diagnose virtually.<\/p>\n

Health Canada says telemedicine is not something it regulates \u2014 rather it pointed us to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO). They told us they govern the physicians, not the service.<\/p>\n

In a statement, CPSO says it \u201chas robust policies governing the practice of telemedicine. Physicians are expected to comply with the expectations set out in these policies and utilize their own professional judgment when determining both the course of care and the modality for a patient interaction. If we receive a complaint about the conduct of a specific physician, we will investigate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Natalie Mehra, Executive Director of the Ontario Health Coalition (OHC), does not support the way Maple operates. \u201cOverall it\u2019s not a good thing. It\u2019s not the technology that\u2019s the bad thing, it\u2019s really the fees that are the dangerous thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Canada Health Act guarantees all Canadians access to medically necessary physician and hospital services, free of financial or other barriers. OHIP, meanwhile, does not view telemedicine as a medically necessary service.<\/p>\n

Mehra says the method of care shouldn\u2019t matter. \u201cThey are delivered to everyone equally, the rich don\u2019t get to jump the queue, so if you say you just change a little piece of technology and you\u2019re allowed to charge fees then there will be no public health care in Canada,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Dr. Belchetz says it\u2019s his hope that the government will bring virtual health care into the fold.<\/p>\n

Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(May 30, 2018) By: Amanda Ferguson, City News You can order your dinner online. And a ride. Well how about an app that replaces going to a doctor\u2019s office? That\u2019s what Maple is all about \u2014 an online service where you can pay to see a doctor online and even get a prescription. The app\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ohc-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"\nDoc in your pocket: would you pay for a healthcare app? - Ontario Health Coalition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"(May 30, 2018) By: Amanda Ferguson, City News You can order your dinner online. And a ride. Well how about an app that replaces going to a doctor\u2019s\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Doc in your pocket: would you pay for a healthcare app? - Ontario Health Coalition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(May 30, 2018) By: Amanda Ferguson, City News You can order your dinner online. And a ride. Well how about an app that replaces going to a doctor\u2019s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ontario Health Coalition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ontariohealth?fref=ts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-30T20:13:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-15T20:18:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3bee6583f445dde27b35a7bba61b06b4\"},\"headline\":\"Doc in your pocket: would you pay for a healthcare app?\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-30T20:13:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-15T20:18:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":484,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"OHC in the News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\\\/\",\"name\":\"Doc in your pocket: would you pay for a healthcare app? - Ontario Health Coalition\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-30T20:13:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-15T20:18:07+00:00\",\"description\":\"(May 30, 2018) By: Amanda Ferguson, City News You can order your dinner online. And a ride. Well how about an app that replaces going to a doctor\u2019s\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Doc in your pocket: would you pay for a healthcare app?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ontario Health Coalition\",\"description\":\"Our primary goal is to protect and improve our public health care system\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ontario Health Coalition\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/logo_ohc_new-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/logo_ohc_new-1.png\",\"width\":478,\"height\":240,\"caption\":\"Ontario Health Coalition\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ontariohealth?fref=ts\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/OntarioHealthC\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ontariohealthcoalition\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@ontariohealthc\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCPy4Erf4xGLZV6CY23xdokw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3bee6583f445dde27b35a7bba61b06b4\",\"name\":\"admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Doc in your pocket: would you pay for a healthcare app? - Ontario Health Coalition","description":"(May 30, 2018) By: Amanda Ferguson, City News You can order your dinner online. And a ride. Well how about an app that replaces going to a doctor\u2019s","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Doc in your pocket: would you pay for a healthcare app? - Ontario Health Coalition","og_description":"(May 30, 2018) By: Amanda Ferguson, City News You can order your dinner online. And a ride. Well how about an app that replaces going to a doctor\u2019s","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\/","og_site_name":"Ontario Health Coalition","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ontariohealth?fref=ts","article_published_time":"2018-05-30T20:13:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-05-15T20:18:07+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/3bee6583f445dde27b35a7bba61b06b4"},"headline":"Doc in your pocket: would you pay for a healthcare app?","datePublished":"2018-05-30T20:13:47+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-15T20:18:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\/"},"wordCount":484,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#organization"},"articleSection":["OHC in the News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\/","name":"Doc in your pocket: would you pay for a healthcare app? - Ontario Health Coalition","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-05-30T20:13:47+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-15T20:18:07+00:00","description":"(May 30, 2018) By: Amanda Ferguson, City News You can order your dinner online. And a ride. Well how about an app that replaces going to a doctor\u2019s","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/doc-in-your-pocket-would-you-pay-for-a-healthcare-app-city-news-may-30-2018\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Doc in your pocket: would you pay for a healthcare app?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/","name":"Ontario Health Coalition","description":"Our primary goal is to protect and improve our public health care system","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#organization","name":"Ontario Health Coalition","url":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_ohc_new-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_ohc_new-1.png","width":478,"height":240,"caption":"Ontario Health Coalition"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ontariohealth?fref=ts","https:\/\/x.com\/OntarioHealthC","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ontariohealthcoalition","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ontariohealthc","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCPy4Erf4xGLZV6CY23xdokw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/3bee6583f445dde27b35a7bba61b06b4","name":"admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6531"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12204,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6531\/revisions\/12204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}