A bilateral agreement between the Government of Yukon and the Government of Canada will provide funding to increase the capacity to provide virtual care to residents across Yukon.
Through this agreement, Yukon will receive approximately $3.12 million in targeted federal funding in 2020–21. This funding will help Yukon develop 1Health, a territorial electronic health record, which will integrate a suite of virtual health tools including: secure video-conferencing technology, secure messaging and file transfer, a curated patient portal, remote patient monitoring technologies and infrastructure.
The funding will support the 1Health Yukon initiative to enhance Yukoners’ experience in the health care system and improve health care outcomes across the territory. In addition, we will engage with physicians on lessons learned during COVID-19 to collectively create an action plan outlining how the federal funding will be used to improve access to virtual care through investment in 1Health Yukon.
Yukon is the first provincial or territorial jurisdiction to enter into an agreement with the Government of Canada under this funding agreement. We are happy to be implementing this Putting People First recommendation. This investment will support the use of technology to increase access to care, bring it closer to home, and improve its delivery and coordination across Yukon. This is a very positive step forward in our effort to provide more accessible health care to all Yukoners.
Yukon’s Minister of Health and Social Services Pauline Frost
Now more than ever, Canadians need access to virtual care services to support their health. We are working with provinces and territories to rapidly deploy such services for Canadians, to ensure they can access the care they need, whenever they need them. Today’s investment will support Yukon in their expansion of virtual health care services, ensuring Yukoners have health services throughout the pandemic.
Canada’s Minister of Health Patty Hajdu
1Health Yukon consists of a number of initiatives to support the health care needs of Yukoners today and into the future by using technology to increase access to care, provide opportunities to bring care closer to home, and improve delivery and coordination of care through an integrated health information system that connects health care settings across Yukon.
Yukon is the first provincial or territorial jurisdiction to enter into an agreement with the Government of Canada under this funding arrangement.
This funding will help Yukon develop 1Health, the territorial electronic health record, and integrate a suite of virtual health tools including secure video-conferencing technology, secure messaging and file transfer, the patient portal, and remote patient monitoring technologies and infrastructure.
Renee Francoeur
Cabinet Communications
867-334-9194
renee.francoeur@yukon.ca
Odessa Beatty
Communications, Health and Social Services
867-456-6575
odessa.beatty@yukon.ca