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Why a telephone code?

All provinces compensate physicians, to a greater or lesser degree, for non-face-to-face telephone consultation with other health care providers within a variety of health programs.
Non-face-to-face care service can mean greater access to quality care, better management of chronic disease, and a solution to critical physician shortages in both urban and rural areas. These can also save patient transportation costs and missed work income.
These services can also avoid unnecessary in-person visits (saving the patient time and cost), and create new practice capacity.