The CMA Foundation is pleased to announce a commitment of $2.5 million to advance knowledge, evidence and innovation in virtual care research in collaboration with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). 

Canadians embraced virtual care options at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and a national poll conducted by the Canadian Medical Association shows there’s an appetite to see virtual care continued, improved and expanded after the pandemic subsides.

The CMA Foundation funding will support research that analyzes the impacts of virtual care on the physician and patient experience, equity of access to care and outcomes of care; explores how virtual care has evolved since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic; and how virtual care can continue and contribute to the recovery of the health care system in Canada in a post-pandemic world.