Experts Predict Innovation in Medicine, Remote Work as COVID-19 Silver Linings

Six-year-old Peyton Denette works on her speech and language skills with speech-language pathologist Olivia Chiu of Two Can Talk remotely from her home in Mississauga, Ont., on March 30, 2020. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press

Despite years of discussions between politicians and doctors, the Quebec government couldn’t find a way to pay its general practitioners for phone and video consultations with patients.

Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit.