Health Services | Telehealth 
Telehealth in Heartland Health Region-Linking Communities for Health
Telehealth Saskatchewan is a Saskatchewan Health program endorsed by The Action Plan for Saskatchewan Health Care as an effective approach to improve access to health services.
Telehealth Saskatchewan uses communication and information technology to support the delivery of clinical care and professional education services. Using live, two-way videoconferencing, health care providers can apply the latest tele-diagnostic instruments, including digital stethoscopes, patient examination cameras, and digital imaging, to enable a remote patient to ‘visit' an out-of-town health care provider from their home community rather than having to travel.
Health care providers can use Telehealth Saskatchewan for appropriate clinical appointments, consultations, follow-ups, meetings, and education sessions.
Telehealth Saskatchewan not only connects sites within its own provincial network, but it can link with other select sites provincially, nationally, and internationally.
Telehealth Saskatchewan supports ongoing clinics in areas such as:
- Rural and Remote Memory Clinic
- Orthopaedic ADAPT clinical education
- Developmental Pediatrics
- Pediatric Surgery
- Pedicatric Rheumatology
- Rehab
- Stoma Therapy
- Wound/Ostomy Clincs
- Renal Dialysis
- Chronic Renal Insufficiency
- Adult Psychology
- Genetics
How do I access Telehealth?
To access health services through Telehealth, you must be referred to a specialist by your medical doctor. You can ask your doctor if this would be an appropriate consultation by Telehealth. The specialist will arrange the date and time, and you will be notified by letter. A few days before the appointment, the Telehealth Coordinator will contact you to answer any questions that you may have. Your "Telehealth Consult" with the specialist is a real-time videoconference connection, so you and your specialist will be able to see and hear each other just as if you were in the same room.
Where can I access Telehealth services in Heartland Health Region?
Heartland currently has 5 telehealth sites – Kindersley (Kindersley Hospital, and Kindersley Corporate Office), Outlook Health Center, Rosetown and District Health Center and Unity Health Center and 2 sites under development – Biggar Hospital and Davidson Health Center.
What other applications can Telehealth be used for?
Telehealth can be used for a variety of purposes other than clinical, including:
- Education for public on living with chronic conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, managing medications, etc.
- Education for health professionals.
- Admistrative – meetings that could include professional associations and working groups, focus groups, etc., within our Health Region, the province and outside of the province.
For more information about Telehealth Services in Heartland Health Region, contact the Telehealth Coordinator at 306-463-6150 ext 304 or by email at adrienne.wendt@hrha.sk.ca. or visit www.health.gov.sk.ca/telehealth .
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