Webinars
Future of Absence and Disability Cost: Clearing the COVID-19 Surgery & Procedure Backlog
Description
An estimated 300,000 Canadians’ surgery or procedure was delayed due to the COVID-19 shutdown.
Chances are one of these 300,000 individuals is an employee, plan member, client, friend, or even family member.
We know wait times to access public healthcare directly impact absences and disability duration, which ultimately increases organizations’ costs. As Canada’s healthcare navigator, we wanted to help you understand what impact the shutdown could have on your plan members, employees and your business; and what you can do to mitigate these impacts.
This 30 minute on-demand webinar features Dr. Chris Simpson, Chair of the COVID-19 Response: Surgical and Procedural Planning Committee and Angela Johnson, President Medical Confidence. They explore:
- COVID-19’s impact on pre-existing surgical and procedural wait time
- How hospitals and healthcare providers are resuming surgical and procedural work
- How healthcare navigation can reduce wait times to treatment and improve recovery time by 6 months
- Developing a plan to prepare for and manage the impacts of healthcare wait times
This session was originally recorded on Wednesday, August 19th, 2020.
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