Implementing virtual care in the emergency department: building on the pediatric experience during COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, 525 University Avenue, 12th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5G 2L3, Canada. Daniel.rosenfield@sickkids.ca.
² London Health Sciences Center, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
³ Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Daniel Rosenfield et al. CJEM. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;23(1):15-18.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-020-00026-2. Epub 2021 Jan 25.

¹ The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, 525 University Avenue, 12th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5G 2L3, Canada. Daniel.rosenfield@sickkids.ca.
² London Health Sciences Center, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
³ Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: Emergency medicine; Medical informatics; Pediatrics.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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