{"id":17796,"date":"2019-12-11T15:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/benefits\/health-benefits\/green-shield-canada-maple-partner-on-telemedicine-access-140093"},"modified":"2019-12-11T15:00:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T20:00:25","slug":"green-shield-canada-maple-partner-on-telemedicine-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2019\/12\/11\/green-shield-canada-maple-partner-on-telemedicine-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Shield Canada, Maple partner on telemedicine access"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"alignleft clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption feature-image alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"316\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/44701995_virtualcare123RF-e1544021694867.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feature size-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Copyright:everythingpossible\" title=\"Green Shield Canada, Maple partner on telemedicine access\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\"><span>Staff<\/span>&nbsp;|&nbsp;December 11, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Green Shield Canada is teaming up with&nbsp;virtual health-care provider Maple to offer telemedicine to its plan members.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership aims to reduce employee absences and boost both productivity and well-being, according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/just-9-of-employers-offer-virtual-health-care-survey-122608\">Just 9% of employers offer virtual health care: survey<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanadians face some of the longest wait times when compared to other developed countries and our system is increasingly under pressure due to our aging and growing population,\u201d said David Willows, executive-vice president of innovation and marketing at Green Shield Canada, in&nbsp;the release. \u201cThese challenges translate into increased absenteeism, decreased productivity and diminished health for Canadian employers and employees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through the&nbsp; partnership, plan members can contact Maple-affiliated doctors on their phone, tablet or computer. And the doctors are able&nbsp;to diagnose and treat a variety of conditions, including allergies, asthma, cold and flue,&nbsp;common infections, pink eye, sore throats and more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/majority-of-canadians-would-take-advantage-of-virtual-doctor-visits-survey-118099\">Majority of Canadians would take advantage of virtual doctor visits: survey<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/benefits\/health-benefits\/green-shield-canada-maple-partner-on-telemedicine-access-140093\">Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff&nbsp;|&nbsp;December 11, 2019 Green Shield Canada is teaming up with&nbsp;virtual health-care provider Maple to offer telemedicine to its plan members. The partnership aims to reduce employee absences and boost both productivity and well-being, according&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}