The West Island Regional Health Agency has launched a pilot project, opening an innovative Teleheath Station in a local community service centre (CLSC).
The project was inspired by medical initiatives used by the Canadian Space Agency.
“Patients on the waiting list can do a routine check up via a station that works for astronauts,” said Dan Gabay, the CEO of the CIUSSS de L’Ouest-de-I’ile-de-Montreal.
“Something that would be alarming would trigger the nurse to just see if everything is ok. If there is any area of concern the CLSC will intervene first. If a doctor needs to be seen, we connect you.”
The Telehealth Station is a small room equipped with a high-end Canada-health certified Connected Care Medical Module, or CCM2.
The Quebec and Alberta-based company Baune integrated and developed the technology. The Canadian Space Agency’s CCM2 initiative encourages the development of technologies that will help astronauts monitor their health …