{"id":182,"date":"2021-05-26T09:04:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T16:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/?p=182"},"modified":"2021-05-26T09:04:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T16:04:14","slug":"canadian-rheumatology-association-position-statement-on-virtual-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/2021\/05\/26\/canadian-rheumatology-association-position-statement-on-virtual-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Rheumatology Association Position Statement on Virtual Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-183\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-18-at-1.18.02-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-18-at-1.18.02-PM.png 638w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-18-at-1.18.02-PM-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Virtual care, also known as telemedicine, eHealth and mHealth, has become increasingly important during the COVID-19 global pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) supports the delivery of high-quality care for patients, regardless of the mode of healthcare delivery. Since virtual care visits will continue after the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, the CRA is in an ideal position to identify opportunities where virtual care may improve care, and also establish best practices. In April, 2021 CRA released a Position Statement on Virtual Care.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rheum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EN-CRA-Position-Statement-on-Virtual-Care_April-29_2021.pdf\">Read full document &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual care, also known as telemedicine, eHealth and mHealth, has become increasingly important during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) supports the delivery of high-quality care for patients, regardless of the mode of healthcare delivery. Since virtual &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/2021\/05\/26\/canadian-rheumatology-association-position-statement-on-virtual-care\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84324,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[19,11,20],"class_list":["post-182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-msk-health","category-news","tag-arthritis","tag-msk-health","tag-rheumatoid-arthritis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions\/231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}