Approximately 75 percent of family pet telemedicine visits can be dealt with entirely through virtual care, without entering a center
Toronto – Today, TELUS Health revealed the Ontario launch of TELUS Health MyPet, a virtual family pet care platform bringing skilled regional vets together with dog and cat owners to supply look after a variety of health problems, from dietary management and parasite control to behavioural obstacles and prescription of particular medications, all through a user friendly mobile phone app. Developed on the heels of our fastest growing, greatest client ranked virtual care service – TELUS Health MyCare – the TELUS Health MyPet platform is created to make sure family pet owners have access to the assistance they require, consisting of those who reside in remote locations, or whose family pets don’t take a trip well in cars.
“Patient-centric, high-quality virtual care should be available to all members of our family, including our beloved dogs and cats,” said Juggy Sihota, Chief Growth Officer, TELUS Health. “Bringing TELUS Health MyPet to Ontario is yet another example of how we are leveraging our world-leading technology to not only empower people around the world to take a proactive role in their own health and that of their family members – even the furry ones, but also how we are supporting thousands of health care professionals, like veterinarians, with flexibility to address the increasing demand for their time.”
According to a 2021 Ontario Veterinary Medical Association (OVMA) survey of pet owners, almost 75 percent of telemedicine visits can be dealt with entirely through virtual care, without a journey to the center. While it isn’t meant to change in-person physical examinations, vaccinations or tests, TELUS Health MyPet is a complementary platform available to support dog and cat owners in Ontario with preventative healthcare and non-urgent medical interventions.
Virtual assistance for non-emergent circumstances is likewise a hassle-free method for owners to get info and assistance while preventing long haul times and preventing the additional expense and tension often related to in-person care. With TELUS Health MyPet, assessment notes can be accessed within the app and medical records can be shown a routine family vet to make sure connection of care. This is specifically crucial for instance with newly-adopted cats transitioning to their ‘forever’ houses – according to Humane Canada, Toronto has the greatest variety of cat adoptions of any city in the nation.
As evidenced by the effective launch in B.C. in August 2022, brick-and-mortar veterinary centers that wish to much better triage client visits can likewise utilize the TELUS Health MyPet virtual care service as part of their routine practice. By routing non-urgent cases to the virtual veterinary care group, it assists to ease a few of the concern vets are dealing with and enables them to focus more of their attention on the effective treatment of dogs and cats needing hands-on care.
“The reality right now in clinical veterinarian practice is that we simply don’t have the time we once did to consult with our clients in great depth, and with the overall shortage of veterinarians across the country, brick-and-mortar clinics are under continual strain to provide services,” said Ko Arman, Lead Veterinarian, TELUS Health MyPet. “By offering non-emergent cases the care they need through a virtual platform, we can reduce some of the stress on clinics and help provide some much-needed flexibility and time management support which will ultimately provide vets more balance between work and home life.”
The TELUS Health MyPet app is complimentary to download for iOS and Android mobile phones, and assessments with Ontario-based vets are charged on a per-session basis. The platform has actually seen an extraordinary reaction from family pet owners and vets alike following the inaugural launch in western Canada; strategies to broaden to other provinces throughout the year are underway. In Ontario, all vets resolving TELUS Health MyPet are connected with Toronto-based Pet Telemedicine Veterinary Care.
As part of this launch, Trupanion, the leader in medical insurance coverage for cats and dogs in Canada, is likewise waiving registration costs for TELUS Health MyPet users when they sign up for a Trupanion policy, providing family pet moms and dads the broadest medical insurance protection with limitless payments for the life of their four-legged member of the family.
Visit TELUS Health MyPet at the Canadian Pet Expo
Dog and cat owners from throughout the Greater Toronto Area are welcomed to get more information about TELUS Health MyPet at the Canadian Pet Expo, occurring April 7-8-9 at the International Centre in Mississauga (6900 Airport Road, Mississauga, ON). Canada’s biggest indoor family animal celebration, CPE opens its doors so that you might check out the world of accountable family pet friendship with interactive display screens, home entertainment and more. Visit TELUS Health MyPet at Booth 913.
About Trupanion
Trupanion is the leader in medical insurance coverage for cats and dogs in Canada with over 740,000 family pets registered throughout Canada, the United States and Australia. The business was established in Canada in 2000, and for over 20 years Trupanion has actually provided pet moms and dads comfort so they can concentrate on their family pet’s healing, not monetary tension. Trupanion is dedicated to supplying family pet moms and dads with the greatest worth in pet medical insurance coverage with limitless payments for the life of their family pets. Trupanion is the only supplier with the innovation to pay vets straight in seconds at the time of checkout. Headquartered in Seattle, WA., Trupanion is noted on NASDAQ under the sign “TRUP”.
Trupanion policies are underwritten in Canada by Omega General Insurance Company and offered and administered by its wholly-owned subsidiary Canada Pet Health Insurance Services, Inc. dba Trupanion, and, in the United States, by its wholly-owned insurance coverage entity American Pet Insurance Company. Trupanion Australia is a collaboration in between Trupanion and Hollard Insurance Company. For more info, please go to trupanion.com/canada.
About TELUS Health
TELUS Health is an international healthcare leader serving individuals in more than 160 nations providing both digital development and scientific services to enhance overall physical, psychological and monetary health and health and wellbeing throughout the complete spectrum of main and preventative care. By leveraging the power of innovation to provide linked services and services both in-person and essentially, TELUS Health is enhancing access to care and transforming the circulation of info while assisting in cooperation, effectiveness, and performance for doctors, pharmacists, health authorities, allied healthcare specialists, insurance providers, companies and individuals internationally, advancing its vision of changing healthcare and empowering individuals to live much healthier lives.
Our scientific group is made up of prominent and enthusiastic health specialists all over the world providing best-in-class people-centric care to numerous countless companies, specialists and their households.
For more info please go to: www.telushealth.com.
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