News & Press For media inquiries, send an email to katie@getmaple.ca “Telerounding” doctors keep PEI hospital unit open Global News/ - Thanks to technology, a health care crisis is being eased at the hospital in the small town of Alberton, Prince Edward Island. Telemedicine is being used to counter a shortage of family physicians, in a pilot project that’s receiving rave reviews from doctors and patients alike. Watch video Huffington Post P.E.I. Western Hospital ward fully staffed by remote doctors amid shortage of physicians Huffington Post/ - Once faced with the threat of closure, a rural hospital in P.E.I is now thriving despite an ongoing physician shortage.Read more Global News Doctors on the TV: Small East Coast hospital tries medical care via video screen Global News/ - Western Hospital in Alberton, P.E.I., has undertaken a six-month pilot “tele-rounding” project allowing doctors to treat patients via a secure video conference link.Read more National Post Small P.E.I hospital tried to solve national medical care shortages with ‘TV doctors’ National Post/ - Instead of a doctor doing hospital rounds in person, a TV cart with the physician on a video screen from an office elsewhere in the province or the country is rolled from room to room.Read more The Star P.E.I. hospital tackles doctor shortage through video “tele-rounding” pilot The Star/ - In a rural corner of P.E.I., a small hospital is trying a first-in-Canada approach to delivering care that could offer a solution to doctor shortages across the country.Read more Toronto Sun Toronto company doing ‘virtual’ rounds in rural P.E.I. hospital Toronto Sun/ - In the community of Alberton PEI, Maple is pioneering a new process called telerounding to help rural hospitals overcome physician shortagesRead more Techvibes Maple’s P.E.I. pilot drastically improving quality of healthcare Techvibes/ - Virtual healthcare has been available for years but success has been hard to measure in the hospital environment. Maple's first-of-its-kind telerounding service is an exception with strong success indicators appearing just months into the pilot.Read more Prince Edward Island Western Hospital using innovative physician care approach to support patients, community Prince Edward Island/ - Health PEI and Canadian telehealth company, Maple, have been piloting a first in Canada approach to in-patient care at Western Hospital.Read more CBC PEI How technology is helping patients see the doctor in western P.E.I. CBC Prince Edward Island/ - With physician shortages widespread across Canda's rural communities, Maple is helping improve access to care with a first in Canada pilot that connects hospital inpatients with locally licensed doctors.Read more The Journal Pioneer Alberton’s Western Hospital piloting tele-rounding The Journal Pioneer/ - In the face of physician shortages, Western Hospital in Alberton, Prince Edward Island, is piloting a groundbreaking technology by telemedicine provider Maple to connect hospital inpatients with locally licensed doctors from across the country.Read more CTV News Doctor on call: There’s an app for that! CTV/ - CTV highlights how easy it is to use the Maple mobile app for 24/7 instant online access to doctors for common medical conditions.Read more Load More
