Doctors across Canada offering house calls
Doctors across Canada offering house calls – in-person or via virtual care
Getting to the doctor’s office can be a problem for many seniors so a number of services are popping up across the country to provide house calls either in person or through video-conferencing for non-emergency medical needs. Most medical services are covered by provincial health plans.
Here is a sampling of home visit providers in major centres across Canada that you can consider to determine if they may be right for you or a loved one.* Most are not intended to take the place of a family doctor but provide after-hours care when your doctor is unavailable.
Toronto and Greater Toronto Area
- More than 100 doctors offer after-hours house calls when your family doctor is unavailable, evenings, weekends and public holidays
- For patients with acute, episodic conditions (e.g. vomiting, diarrhea, UTI, respiratory infections, Influenza)
- Services are billed to OHIP with a valid health card
- Bookings accepted 8am-midnight, 7 days a week
- Call 416-631-3000; email: admin@homedoctor.ca; or book online: https://homedoctor.ca/
HippoMD
- A free mobile app that dispatches doctors directly to your doorstep in the Toronto area and allows you to get periodic updates about their arrival time
- Available during weekday evenings and weekends – an after-hours service for when your family doctor is unavailable
- Covered under valid Canadian health insurance plans such as OHIP
- Currently only available with an iOS (iPhone)
- Email queries to: hello@hippomd.ca
- Doctors provide a similar range of services as a general practitioner, walk-in clinic, or palliative care doctor. Not suitable for urgent or emergency medical needs.
- Medical visits are covered by OHIP with a valid OHIP card
- Available 9am-9pm, 7 days a week
- Phone: 647-367-4120; email: info@payje.ca
Durham Doctors House Call Service
- Connects patients with qualified doctors who do house calls in Durham Region and Scarborough
- Visits covered with a valid OHIP card
- Available 9am-8pm, 7 days a week
- Phone: 905-619-6641
- Offers both a secure mobile app and website that connect patients with healthcare providers who make house calls for non-emergency medical services
- Available 7 days a week; times dependent on practitioners’ schedules
- Medical visits covered by OHIP with a valid OHIP card
- Create an account online to use the app and schedule appointments
- Healthcare providers can sign up for this service to offer patients secure messaging, online booking and video visits in their homes
- Only available if your doctor has signed up for the service
- Phone: 1-800-438-1277; Email: inquiry@MedeoHealth.com
Sudbury
- A nurse will visit your home to make a full medical assessment and a primary care doctor will discuss and manage your care via secure video-conferencing
- Medical services for acute and chronic conditions
- Available Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm
- Medical services covered by OHIP with a valid OHIP card
- Phone: 705-626-7733; email: admin@stgeorgemedical.ca
Montreal
- Personalized physician care offered in your home
- Fee for service
- Phone: 514-362-8387
- Gives you online access to family doctors, nurses, and specialists via your computer, tablet, or smartphone
- Not covered under provincial health insurance (except in BC)
- Open Mon-Fri 8:30am-9pm; Sat-Sun 9am-3pm
- Phone: 1-855-449-4994
Calgary
- A mobile family practice clinic offering medical services in your home, 7 days a week
- Fee for service
- Phone: 403-973-3188; email: Info@DirectHealthCanada.ca
Vancouver
- Healthcare providers can sign up for this service to offer patients secure messaging, online booking and video visits in their homes
- Only available if your doctor has signed up for the service
- Phone: 1-877-629-0150
- Live video in-home visits with a doctor via mobile app and website
- Doctor visits covered by MSP
- Open Mon-Fri 6am-9pm; Sat 9am-5pm; Sun 7am-12pm PST
- Phone: 1-888-547-5575
Victoria
Home Team Medical Services for Seniors
- Offers primary medical care for acute illnesses and chronic health problems; comprehensive geriatric assessment; management of chronic diseases and mental health problems for people aged 70 and over
- Patients must join the practice to receive care; not available on a temporary basis
- Direct medical services, hospital care, specialists and labs are covered by MSP
- Phone: 250-658-0554; Fax: 1-888-669-2916; email: info@hometeammedical.ca
* Disclaimer: The service providers listed here are for your information only. Bayshore HealthCare has not vetted, does not endorse, and is not affiliated with any of these companies.