Can a 10-minute call prevent an ER visit?
In a 2026 peer-reviewed study, 29.1% of Virtual Hallway provider-to-provider consults were perceived to have prevented an emergency room visit.
Jun 2026
Research & Reports
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The State of Clinical Confidence in Canada: What Clinicians Told Us
Clinical confidence is quietly under pressure. Across Canada, clinicians are navigating more complex cases, evolving evidence, and growing expectations — often with limited time, fragmented support, and few opportunities to sense-check decisions in real time. To better understand how this feels on the ground, Virtual Hallway surveyed clinicians across roles, regions, and years of practice. […]
Jan 2026
How Inefficient Referrals Impact Specialists: Key Insights from Our Latest Poll
Healthcare should be about providing the right care, at the right time, with the right information. However, our recent poll of specialists revealed a different story—one where inefficiencies in the referral process create avoidable roadblocks that affect both doctors and patients. You can read the full report here: Specialist Referral Report. The Problem with Incomplete […]
Oct 2024
physicians
referral
Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide: A Glimpse at a Revolution in Rural Healthcare
Healthcare access, specifically to specialist care, has remained a persistent challenge for rural communities worldwide. Countries like Canada and the United States experience significant disparities in the number of physicians and specialists per 100,000 residents compared to their urban counterparts. The resulting impact? Rural patients tend to experience higher rates of chronic diseases, preventable hospitalizations, […]
Aug 2023
consult
econsult
Speeding Up Care: How Synchronous Phone Consults Can Mitigate ER Overcrowding
Our healthcare system is faced with a number of challenges, from overcrowded emergency departments to long wait times for specialist care. In order to improve access to care and reduce overuse of emergency departments, many healthcare providers are turning to a solutions that can make specialist consultation more effective. These innovative technologies offers a range […]
Feb 2023
consult
improving access
Nova Scotia’s rural communities struggling to attract mental health providers
Incentivizing Mental Health Providers to Offer Travelling Services I hung up my phone after a long call with a clinic manager in a rural Nova Scotia community. She called to ask if I knew of any psychiatrists who would be available to work in her community one day a week. She pleaded, “We are desperate […]
Aug 2021
Inter-Professional Phone Consults: Enhancing connectivity between primary and specialty care as the solution to specialist wait times.
Growing Waitlists in Canada Long wait times for specialist consultation have been well documented in Canada. The median time from referral by a primary care practitioner to specialist intervention in Canada is 22.6 weeks. The length of the wait time for specialist consultation has increased by 184% between 1993 and 2020.[1] There is variation between […]
Aug 2021