If you want to provide input on what you think of virtual care, that opportunity has been extended until mid-May.

Virtual care became a go-to form of accessing health care during COVID-19 and the Government of Saskatchewan is seeking feedback from both patients and health care providers regarding their experience with virtual care.

The Virtual Care Engagement has had more than 2,161 survey participants and over 754 poll participants. The government says so far 84 per cent of those who took part in the survey rated their overall quality of experience with virtual care as good or excellent. Seventy-three per cent of health care providers indicate they can provide quality care to their patients using virtual care. The government would like to hear from about 500 to a thousand more people and would like to gain more diverse perspectives especially from northern, rural and remote residents, people under 30 and seniors over 70.

The province plans to use the information gathered in the survey  to develop a long-term provincial strategy around virtual care.